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Loxopholis snethlageae

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Loxopholis snethlageae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Loxopholis
Species:
L. snethlageae
Binomial name
Loxopholis snethlageae
(Ávila-Pires, 1995)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leposoma snethlageae
    Ávila-Pires, 1995
  • Loxopholis snethlageae
    Goicoechea et al., 2016

Loxopholis snethlageae is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[1] The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

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The specific name, snethlageae, is in honor of German-Brazilian ornithologist Emilie Snethlage.[2]

Geographic range

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L. snethlageae is found in the drainage basins of the Solimões River and the Urucu River, in the southwestern part of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, in northwestern Brazil.[1][3]

Reproduction

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L. snethlageae is oviparous.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Loxopholis snethlageae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 July 2019.
  2. ^ 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 snethlageae, p. 248).
  3. ^ Ávila-Pires TCS (1995).

Further reading

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  • Ávila-Pires TCS (1995). "Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 299: 1–706. (Leposoma snethlageae, new species, pp. 411–415, Figures 142a–142c). (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 snethlageae, new combination, p. 670).
  • Ribeiro-Júnior MA, Amaral S (2016). "Diversity, distribution, and conservation of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) in the Brazilian Amazonia". Neotropical Diversity 2 (1): 195–421. (Leposoma snethlageae).
  • 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.