Arthrosaura tyleri

Arthrosaura tyleri is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Venezuela.

Arthrosaura tyleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Arthrosaura
Species:
A. tyleri
Binomial name
Arthrosaura tyleri
(C. Burt & M. Burt, 1931)
Synonyms[2]
  • Pantodactylus tyleri
    C. Burt & M. Burt, 1931
  • Arthrosaura tyleri
    — Hoogmoed & Ávila-Pires, 1992

Etymology

The specific name, tyleri, is in honor of Sidney F. Tyler, Jr. (1850–1937), who as an American lawyer, banker, historian, and photographer.[3][4]

Geographic range

A. tyleri is only found on the summit of Cerro Duida in Amazonas state, Venezuela.[1][2]

Reproduction

A. tyleri is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Rivas G, Schargel W (2016). "Arthrosaura tyleri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44578351A44578357. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578351A44578357.en. Downloaded on 14 July 2019.
  2. Arthrosaura tyleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 July 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Arthrosaura tyleri, p. 269).
  4. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2014). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. London: Bloomsbury. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472905734.

Further reading
  • Burt CE, Burt MD (1931). "South American Lizards in the Collection of the American Museum of Natural History". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 61 (7): 227–395. (Pantodactylus tyleri, new species, pp. 362–364, Figures 14 & 15).
  • Hoogmoed MS, Ávila-Pires TCS (1992). "Studies on the species of the South American lizard genus Arthrosaura Boulenger (Reptilia: Sauria: Teiidae), with the resurrection of two species [A. versteegii, Pantodactylus tyleri ]". Zoologische Mededelingen 66: 453–484. (Arthrosaura tyleri, new combination, p. 477).
  • 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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