Alopoglossus angulatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Alopoglossidae |
| Genus: | Alopoglossus |
| Species: | A. angulatus
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| Alopoglossus angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Alopoglossus angulatus, known commonly as the northern teiid, is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.
Geographic range
[edit]A. angulatus is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred habitat of A. angulatus is leaf litter in lowland, tropical forests, or wetlands at altitudes of 100–760 m (330–2,490 ft).[1][2]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Moravec, J.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Aparicio, J.; Perez, P. (2019). "Alopoglossus angulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T178418A44953878. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178418A44953878.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Alopoglossus angulatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- Köhler G, Diethert H-H, Veselý M (2012). "A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Lizard Genus Alopoglossus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)". Herpetological Monographs 26 (1): 173–188.
- Linnaeus C (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: L. Salvius. 824 pp. (Lacerta angulata, new species, p. 204). (in Latin).
- Vitt LJ, Ávila-Pires TCS, Espósito MC, Sartorius SS, Zani PA (2007). "Ecology of Alopoglossus angulatus and A. atriventris (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in western Amazonia". Phyllomedusa 6 (1): 11–21.
- Ribeiro-Júnior MA (2018). "A new species of Alopoglossus lizard (Squamata, Alopoglossidae) from the Southern Guiana Shield, northeastern Amazonia, with remarks on diagnostic characters to the genus". Zootaxa 4422 (1): 025–040.
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