Bachia pyburni

Bachia pyburni is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Bachia pyburni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Bachia
Species:
B. pyburni
Binomial name
Bachia pyburni
Kizirian & McDiarmid, 1998

Etymology

The specific name, pyburni, is in honor of American herpetologist William Frank "Billy" Pyburn (1927–2007).[2]

Geographic range

B. pyburni is found in northern Brazil, southeastern Colombia, and southern Venezuela.[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of B. pyburni is forest at altitudes of about 150 m (490 ft).[1]

Reproduction

B. pyburni is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Calderón M, Rivas G, Caicedo J, Velasco J, Bolívar W (2017). "Bachia pyburni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44578433A44578436. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44578433A44578436.en. Downloaded on 18 July 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. (Bachia pyburni, p. 213).
  3. Bachia pyburni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 July 2019.

Further reading
  • Costa HC, Bérnils RS (2015). "Répteis brasileiros: lista de espécies 2015 ". Herpetologia Brasileira 4 (3): 75–93. (in Portuguese).
  • Kizirian DA, McDiarmid RW (1998). "A New Species of Bachia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with Plesiomorphic Limb Morphology". Herpetologica 54 (2): 245–253. (Bachia pyburni, new species).
  • Ribeiro-Júnior MA, Amaral S (2017). "Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae , Gymnophthalmidae". Zootaxa 4269 (2): 151–196.
  • 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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