Oreosaurus shrevei

Oreosaurus shrevei, known commonly as the luminous lizard or Shreve's lightbulb lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Trinidad and Tobago.

Oreosaurus shrevei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Oreosaurus
Species:
O. shrevei
Binomial name
Oreosaurus shrevei
(Parker, 1935)
Synonyms[2]
  • Proctoporus (Oreosaurus) shrevei
    Parker, 1935
  • Proctoporus shrevei
    — J. Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970
  • Riama shrevei
    — Doan & Castoe, 2005
  • Oreosaurus shrevei
    — Sánchez-Pacheco et al., 2017

Etymology

The specific name, shrevei, is in honor of American herpetologist Benjamin Shreve.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of O. shrevei are forest and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes of 600–981 m (1,969–3,219 ft).[1]

Reproduction

O. shrevei is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Murphy J (2016). "Riama shrevei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T178338A71745464. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178338A71745464.en. Downloaded on 31 July 2019.
  2. Oreosaurus shrevei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 July 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Riama shrevei, p. 243).

Further reading
  • Parker HW (1935). "The New Teiid Lizard in Trinidad". Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad 12 (11): 283.



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