Biology:Leposoma sinepollex

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Short description: Species of lizard

Leposoma sinepollex
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Leposoma
Species:
L. sinepollex
Binomial name
Leposoma sinepollex
Rodrigues, Teixeira Jr., Recoder, Dal Vechio, Damasceno, & Machado Pellegrino, 2013

Leposoma sinepollex is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[1] It is endemic to Brazil . It has lanceolate ventral and elongate dorsal scales arranged in diagonal rows.[2] Males of this species have black pigmentation in their ventral parts, while females have a creamy pigmentation.[2]

References

  1. Leposoma sinepollex at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 July 2019.
  2. 2.0 2.1 RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; TEIXEIRA, MAURO JR.; RECODER, RENATO SOUSA; VECHIO, FRANCISCO DAL; DAMASCENO, ROBERTA; PELLEGRINO, KATIA CRISTINA MACHADO (28 March 2013). "A new species of Leposoma (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with four fingers from the Atlantic Forest central corridor in Bahia, Brazil". Zootaxa 3635 (4): 459–475. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3635.4.7. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14542186 entry