Anadia hobarti

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Anadia hobarti

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Anadia
Species:
A. hobarti
Binomial name
Anadia hobarti
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Anadia hobarti, also known commonly as Hobart's anadia, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.[1][2]

Etymology[]

The specific name, hobarti, is in honor of American herpetologist Hobart Muir Smith.[3]

Geographic range[]

A. hobarti is found in northwestern Venezuela, in the Venezuelan state of Trujillo.[2]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitats of A. hobarti are grassland and forest, at an altitude of 2,625 m (8,612 ft).[1]

Reproduction[]

A. hobarti is oviparous.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2019). "Anadia hobarti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T44578192A44578196. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44578192A44578196.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Anadia hobarti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.
  3. ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anadia hobarti, p. 124).

Further reading[]

  • La Marca E, (1990). "A New Species of High Andean Anadia (Sauria: Teiidae) from Paramo el Riecito, Estado Trujillo, Venezuela". Herpetologica 46 (3): 275–282. (Anadia hobarti, new species).
  • , , , , Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.


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