Alopoglossus festae

Alopoglossus festae is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is endemic to northwestern South America.

Alopoglossus festae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Alopoglossidae
Genus: Alopoglossus
Species:
A. festae
Binomial name
Alopoglossus festae
Peracca, 1904

Etymology

The specific name, festae, is in honor of Italian zoologist Enrico Festa.[2]

Geographic range

A. festae is found in southwestern Colombia and adjacent northwestern Ecuador.[1][3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. festae is forest at altitudes of 10–2,000 m (33–6,562 ft).[1]

Reproduction

A. festae is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Cisneros-Heredia DF, Velasco J, Bolívar W (2016). "Alopoglossus festae ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44578111A44578114. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578111A44578114.en. Downloaded on 04 October 2019.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Alopoglossus festae, p. 89).
  3. Alopoglossus festae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.

Further reading
  • Artega A, Pyron RA, Peñafiel N, Romero-Barreto P, Culebras J, Bustamante L, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Guayasamin JM (2016). "Comparative Phylogeography Reveals Cryptic Diversity and Repeated Patterns of Cladogenesis for Amphibians and Reptiles in Northwestern Ecuador". PLoS ONE 11 (4): e0151746.
  • Peracca MG (1904). "Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell'Ecuador e regioni vicine. Rettili ed Amphibii ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Regia Università di Torino 19 (465): 1-41. (Alopoglossus festae, new species, pp. 7-9). (in Italian).
  • Ruibal R (1952). "Revisionary Studies of some South American Teiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 106: 475–529. (Alopoglossus festae, pp. 502-505).



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