Anadia petersi

Anadia petersi, known commonly as Peters' anadia, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Ecuador.[2]

Anadia petersi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Anadia
Species:
A. petersi
Binomial name
Anadia petersi
Oftedal, 1974
Synonyms[2]
  • Anadia ocellata
    — J. Peters, 1959
    (ex errore)
  • Anadia petersi
    Oftedal, 1974

Etymology

The specific name, petersi, is in honor of American herpetologist James A. Peters.[3]

Geographic range

A. petersi is found in Loja Province, Ecuador.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. petersi is forest at an altitude of 1,700 m (5,600 ft).[1]

Reproduction

A. petersi is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Cisneros-Heredia DF (2016). "Anadia petersi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44578233A44578237. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578233A44578237.en. Downloaded on 8 July 2019.
  2. Anadia petersi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 July 2019.
  3. 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. (Anadia petersi, p. 204).

Further reading
  • Betancourt R, Reyes-Puig C, Lobos SE, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Torres-Carvajal O (2018). "Sistemática de los saurios Anadia Gray, 1845 (Sauria: Gymnophthalmidae) de Ecuador: límite de especies, distribución geográfica y descripción de una especie nueva". Neotropical Biodiversity 4 (1): 83-102. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
  • Oftedal OT (1974). "A revision of the genus Anadia (Sauria, Teiidae)". Arquivos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 25 (4): 203–265. (Anadia petersi, new species, pp. 226–229, Figures 10A, 10B, 11, 12, 13A).
  • Peters JA (1959). "Notas miscelaneas sobre saurios del Ecuador ". Ciencia y Naturaleza 2: 118–124. (in Spanish).



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