Alopoglossus angulatus

Alopoglossus angulatus, known commonly as the northern teiid, is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.

Alopoglossus angulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Alopoglossidae
Genus: Alopoglossus
Species:
A. angulatus
Binomial name
Alopoglossus angulatus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacerta angulata
    Linnaeus, 1758
  • Leposoma carinacaudatum
    Cope, 1876
  • Lepidosoma carinacaudatum
    Cope, 1876
  • Alopoglossus carinacaudatus
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Alopoglossus amazonius
    Ruthven, 1924
  • Pantodactylus amazonicus
    — Amaral, 1937
  • Alopoglossus andeanus
    Ruibal, 1952
  • Alopoglosus copii surinamensis
    Brongersma, 1946
  • Alopoglossus angulatus
    — Hoogmoed, 1973

Geographic range

A. angulatus is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. angulatus is leaf litter in lowland, tropical forests, or wetlands at altitudes of 100–760 m (330–2,490 ft).[1][2]

Reproduction

A. angulatus is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Moravec J, Avila-Pires TCS, Aparicio J, Perez P (2019). "Alopoglossus angulatus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T178418A44953878. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178418A44953878.en. Downloaded on 04 October 2019.
  2. Alopoglossus angulatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.

Further reading
  • Köhler G, Diethert H-H, Veselý M (2012). "A Contributon to the Knowledge of the Lizard Genus Alopoglossus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)". Herpetological Monographs 26 (1): 173–188.
  • Linnaeus C (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, diferentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: L. Salvius. 824 pp. (Lacerta angulata, new species, p. 204). (in Latin).
  • Vitt LJ, Ávila-Pires TCS, Espósito MC, Sartorius SS, Zani PA (2007). "Ecology of Alopoglossus angulatus and A. atriventris (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in western Amazonia". Phyllomedusa 6 (1): 11–21.
  • Ribeiro-Júnior MA (2018). "A new species of Alopoglossus lizard (Squamata, Alopoglossidae) from the Southern Guiana Shield, northeastern Amazonia, with remarks on diagnostic characters to the genus". Zootaxa 4422 (1): 025–040.


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