Biology:Bachia bresslaui

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Short description: Species of lizard

Bachia bresslaui
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Bachia
Species:
B. bresslaui
Binomial name
Bachia bresslaui
(Amaral, 1935)
Synonyms[2]
  • Apatelus bresslaui
    Amaral, 1935
  • Bachia bresslaui
    — Vanzolini, 1961

Bachia bresslaui, also known commonly as Bresslau's bachia, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to southern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, bresslaui, is in honor of German zoologist Ernst Ludwig Bresslau.[3]

Geographic range

B. bresslaui is found in southeastern Brazil , in the states of Bahia, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, and São Paulo. It is also found in Paraguay in Amambay Department.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of B. bresslaui are savanna and shrubland.[1]

Description

B. bresslau has its front and back legs much reduced, each to one scale that resembles a toe. Adults may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.5 cm (3.0 in).[2]

Behavior

B. bresslaui is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

B. bresslaui is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Doan, T.M.; Nogueira, C. de C. (2010). "Bachia bresslaui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178333A7525258. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178333A7525258.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178333/7525258. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Bachia bresslaui at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 July 2019.
  3. 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. (Bachia bresslaui, p. 38).

Further reading

  • Amaral A (1935). "Estudos sobre lacertilios neotropicos II. Novo genero e especie de lagarto do Brasil [= Studies on Neotropical Lacertilians II. A New Genus and Species of Lizard from Brazil]". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 9: 249–250. (Apatelus bresslaui, new species). (in Portuguese).
  • Colli GR, Zatz MG, da Cunha HJ (1998). "Notes on the ecology and geographical distribution of the rare Gymnophthalmid lizard Bachia bresslaui ". Herpetologica 54 (2): 169–174.
  • MacLean WP (1973). "On the third specimen of Bachia bresslaui (Sauria, Teiidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 27 (6): 81–82.
  • Vanzolini PE (1961). "Bachia: Especies brasileiras e conceito generico (Sauria: Teiidae) [= Bachia: Brazilian species and generic concept (Sauria: Teiidae)]". Pap. Avuls. Zool., Mus. Zool. Univ. São Paulo 14: 193–209. (Bachia bresslaui, new combination). (in Portuguese).
  • Vanzolini PE (1966). "Sobre o segundo exemplar de Bachia bresslaui [= On the second specimen of Bachia bresslaui ]". Pap. Avuls. Zool., Mus. Zool. Univ. São Paulo 19: 189–192. (in Portuguese).

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