Loxopholis osvaldoi

Loxopholis osvaldoi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.

Loxopholis osvaldoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Loxopholis
Species:
L. osvaldoi
Binomial name
Loxopholis osvaldoi
(Ávila-Pires, 1995)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leposoma osvaldoi
    Ávila-Pires, 1995
  • Loxopholis osvaldoi
    — Goicoechea et al., 2016

Etymology

The specific name, osvaldoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha.[3]

Geographic range

L. osvaldoi is found in the Brazilian states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, and Rondônia.[2]

Habitat

The natural habitat of L. osvaldoi is forest.[1]

Reproduction

L. osvaldoi is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Colli GR, Fenker J, Tedeschi L, Bataus YSL, Uhlig VM, Lima A, Nogueira CC, Borges-Nojosa DM, Costa GC, de Moura GJB, Winck G, Silva JRS, Viñas LV, Ribeiro Junior MA, Hoogmoed MS, Tinôco MST, Almeida-Santos P, Valadão R, de Oliveira RB, Avila-Pires TCS, Ferreira VL, de Menezes VA (2019). "Loxopholis osvaldoi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T66082596A135332617. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T66082596A135332617.pt. Downloaded on 28 July 2019.
  2. Loxopholis osvaldoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 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. (Leposoma osvaldoi, p. 197).

Further reading
  • Ávila-Pires TCS (1995). "Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 299: 1–706. (Leposoma osvaldoi, new species, p. 394). (in English, with abstracts in Portuguese and Spanish).
  • Goicoechea N, Frost DR, De la Riva I, Pelligrino KCM, Sites J Jr, Rodrigues MT, Padial JM (2016). "Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment". Cladistics 32 (6): 624–671. (Loxopholis osvaldoi, new combination, p. 670).
  • 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.



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