Biology:Arthrosaura tyleri
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Arthrosaura |
| Species: | A. tyleri
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| Arthrosaura tyleri (C. Burt & M. Burt, 1931)
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Arthrosaura tyleri is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Venezuela.
Etymology
The specific name, tyleri, is in honor of Sidney F. Tyler, Jr. (1850–1937), who as an American lawyer, banker, historian, and photographer.[3][4]
Geographic range
A. tyleri is only found on the summit of Cerro Duida in Amazonas state, Venezuela.[1][2]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rivas G, Schargel W (2016). "Arthrosaura tyleri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44578351A44578357. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578351A44578357.en. Downloaded on 14 July 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Arthrosaura tyleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 July 2019.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Arthrosaura tyleri, p. 269).
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2014). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. London: Bloomsbury. 624 pp. ISBN:978-1472905734.
Further reading
- Burt CE, Burt MD (1931). "South American Lizards in the Collection of the American Museum of Natural History". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 61 (7): 227–395. (Pantodactylus tyleri, new species, pp. 362–364, Figures 14 & 15).
- Hoogmoed MS, Ávila-Pires TCS (1992). "Studies on the species of the South American lizard genus Arthrosaura Boulenger (Reptilia: Sauria: Teiidae), with the resurrection of two species [A. versteegii, Pantodactylus tyleri ]". Zoologische Mededelingen 66: 453–484. (Arthrosaura tyleri, new combination, p. 477).
- Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
Wikidata ☰ Q5313699 entry
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