Loxopholis southi

Loxopholis southi, also known commonly as the northern spectacled lizard and the southern leposoma, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America. There are two recognized subspecies.

Loxopholis southi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Loxopholis
Species:
L. southi
Binomial name
Loxopholis southi
(Ruthven & Gaige, 1924)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leposoma southi
    Ruthven & Gaige, 1924
  • Loxopholis southi
    — Goicoechea, 2016

Etymology

The specific name, southi, is in honor of John Glover South (1873–1940), who was an American physician and diplomat.[3]

Geographic range

L. southi is found in Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia.[2]

Reproduction

L. southi is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies:[2]

  • Loxopholis southi orientalis (Taylor, 1955)
  • Loxopholis southi southi (Ruthven & Gaige, 1924)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Loxopholis.

References
  1. Acosta Chaves V, Batista A, García Rodríguez A, Vargas Álvarez J, Velasco J, Arredondo JC, Bolívar W, Gutierrez P (2015). "Leposoma southi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T203058A115346975. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T203058A2759594.en. Downloaded on 28 July 2019.
  2. Loxopholis southi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 July 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leposoma southi, p. 248).

Further reading
  • 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 southi, new combination, p. 670).
  • Ruthven AG, Gaige HT (1924). "A new Leposoma from Panama". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (147): 1–3. (Leposoma southi, new species).
  • Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. xx + 945 pp. ISBN 978-0226735382.
  • Taylor EH (1955). "Additions to the Known Herpetological Fauna of Costa Rica with Comments on Other Species. No. II.". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 37: 499–575. (Leposoma southi orientalis, new subspecies, p. 546).



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