Biology:Loxopholis osvaldoi
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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: | Loxopholis |
| Species: | L. osvaldoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Loxopholis osvaldoi (Ávila-Pires, 1995)
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Loxopholis osvaldoi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Brazil .
Etymology
The specific name, osvaldoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha.[3]
Geographic range
L. osvaldoi is found in the Brazilian states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, and Rondônia.[2]
Habitat
The natural habitat of L. osvaldoi is forest.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Colli GR, Fenker J, Tedeschi L, Bataus YSL, Uhlig VM, Lima A, Nogueira CC, Borges-Nojosa DM, Costa GC, de Moura GJB, Winck G, Silva JRS, Viñas LV, Ribeiro Junior MA, Hoogmoed MS, Tinôco MST, Almeida-Santos P, Valadão R, de Oliveira RB, Avila-Pires TCS, Ferreira VL, de Menezes VA (2019). "Loxopholis osvaldoi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T66082596A135332617. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T66082596A135332617.pt. Downloaded on 28 July 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Loxopholis osvaldoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 July 2019.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leposoma osvaldoi, p. 197).
Further reading
- Ávila-Pires TCS (1995). "Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 299: 1–706. (Leposoma osvaldoi, new species, p. 394). (in English, with abstracts in Portuguese and Spanish).
- Goicoechea N, Frost DR, De la Riva I, Pelligrino KCM, Sites J Jr, Rodrigues MT, Padial JM (2016). "Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment". Cladistics 32 (6): 624–671. (Loxopholis osvaldoi, new combination, p. 670).
- Ribeiro-Júnior MA, Amaral S (2017). "Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae". Zootaxa 4269 (2): 151–196.
Wikidata ☰ Q28946641 entry
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