Biology:Bachia

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Short description: Genus of lizards


"Bachia" as described by Förster in 1869 is now the cryptine wasp genus Bachiana.

Bachia
Bachia bicolor.jpg
Bachia bicolor
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe: Bachini
Genus: Bachia
Gray, 1845

Bachia is a genus of lizards that belong to the spectacled lizards family.[1]

Species

The genus Bachia consists of 31[2] species:

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Bachia.

References

  1. Bachia. Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved: 2011-03029
  2. "Bachia". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Teixeira, Mauro Jr.; Recoder, Renato Sousa; Camacho, Agustín; de Sena, Marco Aurélio; Navas, Carlos Arturo; Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut (2013). "A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Eastern Brazilian Cerrado, and data on its ecology, physiology and behavior". Zootaxa 3616 (2): 173–189. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3616.2.6. PMID 24758802. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Rodrigues MT, Pavan D, Curcio FF (2007). "Two New Species of Lizards of the Genus Bachia (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from Central Brazil". Journal of Herpetology 41 (4): 545–553.
  5. Rodrigues MT et al. (2008). "A new species of the lizard genus Bachia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Cerrados of Central Brazil". Zootaxa 1875: 39-50. (Bachia oxyrhina, new species). http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01875p050f.pdf

Further reading

  • Dixon JR (1973). "A Systematic Review of the Teiid Lizards, Genus Bachia, with Remarks on Heterodactylus and Anotosaura ". Misc. Publ. Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. (57): 1-47.
  • Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Bachia, new genus, p. 58).

Wikidata ☰ Q602751 entry