Biology:Echinosaura sulcarostrum
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Short description: Species of lizard
| Echinosaura sulcarostrum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Echinosaura |
| Species: | E. sulcarostrum
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| Echinosaura sulcarostrum Donnelly, MacCulloch, Ugarte & Kizirian, 2006
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Echinosaura sulcarostrum is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Guyana.[3]
Habitat
E. sulcarostrum is found in leaf litter on the floor of high-canopy rainforest.
Geographic range
E. sulcarostrum has been found in northwestern Guyana at low elevation. Because of its secretive habitat, it is likely to be found elsewhere.
References
- ↑ Ouboter, P. & Hoogmoed, M. 2017. Echinosaura sulcarostrum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T203057A2759587. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T203057A2759587.en. Downloaded on 23 July 2019.
- ↑ "A new riparian gymnophthalmid (Squamata) from Guyana". Copeia 2006: 396–403. 2006. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2006)2006[396:anrgsf2.0.co;2]. (Echinosaura sulcarostrum, new species).
- ↑ Cole, Charles J.; Townsend, Carol R.; Reynolds, Robert P.; MacCulloch, Ross D.; Lathrop, Amy (January 2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125 (4): 317–578. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-125.4.317.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5247715 entry
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