Biology:Echinosaura orcesi
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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: | Echinosaura |
| Species: | E. orcesi
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| Echinosaura orcesi Fritts, Almendáriz, & Samec, 2002[2]
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Echinosaura orcesi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[3] The species is endemic to northwestern South America.
Etymology
The specific name, orcesi, is in honor of Ecuadorian herpetologist Gustavo Orcés.[4]
Geographic range
E. orcesi is found in Colombia and Ecuador.[1][2]
Habitat
The natural habitats of E. orcesi are forest and wetland.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bolívar W, Velasco J, Cisneros-Heredia DF (2015). "Echinosaura orcesi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44578593A115386279. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44578593A44578596.en. Downloaded on 23 July 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fritts, Thomas H.; Almendáriz, Ana; Samec, Sissi (2002). "A new species of Echinosaura (Gymnophthalmidae) from Ecuador and Colombia with comments on other members of the genus and Teuchocercus keyi". Journal of Herpetology 36 (3): 349–355. doi:10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0349:ANSOEG2.0.CO;2]. http://bibdigital.epn.edu.ec/handle/15000/4784. (Echinosaura orcesi, new species)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Echinosaura orcesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 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. (Echinosaura orcesi, p. 195).
Further reading
- Castro-Herrera, Fernando; Vargas-Salinas, Fernando (2008). "Anfibios y reptiles en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia ". Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 251–277. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
- Valencia-Zuleta, Alejandro; Jaramillo-Martínez, Andrés Felipe; Echeverry-Bocanegra, Andrea; Viáfara-Vega, Ronald; Hernández-Córdoba, Oscar; Cardona-Botero, Victoria E.; Gutiérrez-Zúñiga, Jaime; Castro-Herrera, Fernando (2014). "Conservation status of the herpetofauna, protected areas, and current problems in Valle del Cauca, Colombia". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8 (2) [Special Section]: 1–18; S1-S24 (e87). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
Wikidata ☰ Q5313537 entry
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