Anadia hobarti

Anadia hobarti, also known commonly as Hobart's anadia, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.[1][2]

Anadia hobarti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Anadia
Species:
A. hobarti
Binomial name
Anadia hobarti
La Marca & García-Pérez, 1990

Etymology

The specific name, hobarti, is in honor of American herpetologist Hobart Muir Smith.[3]

Geographic range

A. hobarti is found in northwestern Venezuela, in the Venezuelan state of Trujillo.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. hobarti are grassland and forest, at an altitude of 2,625 m (8,612 ft).[1]

Reproduction

A. hobarti is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. Rivas G, Schargel W (2019). "Anadia hobarti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44578192A44578196. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44578192A44578196.en. Downloaded on 12 May 2020.
  2. Anadia hobarti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anadia hobarti, p. 124).

Further reading

  • La Marca E, García-Pérez JE (1990). "A New Species of High Andean Anadia (Sauria: Teiidae) from Paramo el Riecito, Estado Trujillo, Venezuela". Herpetologica 46 (3): 275–282. (Anadia hobarti, new species).
  • Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.


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