Gymnophthalmus vanzoi

Gymnophthalmus vanzoi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Gymnophthalmus vanzoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Gymnophthalmus
Species:
G. vanzoi
Binomial name
Gymnophthalmus vanzoi
C. Carvalho, 1999

Etymology

The specific name, vanzoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Paulo Vanzolini.[2]

Geographic range

G. vanzoi is found in northern Brazil (in the Brazilian states of Pará and Roraima) and in Guyana.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. vanzoi is forest.[1]

Reproduction

G. vanzoi is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. Doan TM (2010). "Gymnophthalmus vanzoi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T29455A9498792. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T29455A9498792.en. Downloaded on 27 September 2020.
  2. 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. (Gymnophthalmus vanzoi, p. 273).
  3. Gymnophthalmus vanzoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 July 2019.

Further reading

  • Carvalho CM (1999). "Uma nova espécie de microteiideo do gênero Gymnophthalmus do estado de Roraima, Brasil (Sauria: Gymnophthalmidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, São Paulo 40 (10): 161–174. (Gymnophthalmus vanzoi, new species). (in Portuguese).
  • Silva-da-Silva M, Almeida-Santos DA, Ribeiro S, Recoder RS, Santos AP (2020). "Reproductive Biology and Sexual Dimorphism of Gymnophthalmus vanzoi (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in a Population South of the Amazon River, Brazil". South American Journal of Herpetology 15: 30–40.



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