Anadia (genus)

Anadia is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The genus is endemic to southern Central America and northern South America.[2][3]

Anadia
Anadia ocellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamily: Cercosaurinae
Tribe: Cercosaurini
Genus: Anadia
Gray, 1845[1]
Species

19 species (see text)

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Anadia.

References

  1. "Anadia Gray, 1845". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. Anadia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 August 2020.
  3. Kok, P. J. R.; Means, D. B. & Rivas, G. A. "First record of the genus Anadia (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from Guyana based on an enigmatic specimen from Mount Kopinang, Wokomung Massif" (PDF). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. 8 (1): 27–39.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ, Xenosauridæ, Zonuridæ, Anguidæ, Anniellidæ, Heldermatidæ, Varanidæ, Xantusiidæ, Teiidæ, Amphisbænidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Anadia, p. 398).
  • Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Anadia, new genus, p. 58).


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