Andinosaura petrorum

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Andinosaura petrorum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Andinosaura
Species:
A. petrorum
Binomial name
Andinosaura petrorum
(, 1996)
Synonyms[2]
  • Proctoporus petrorum
    Kizirian, 1996
  • Riama petrorum
    — & , 2005
  • Andinosaura petrorum
    — et al., 2017

Andinosaura petrorum is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Ecuador.

Etymology[]

The specific name, petrorum (masculine genitive plural), is in honor of three men named Peters or Peter: German zoologist Wilhelm Peters, American herpetologist James A. Peters, and American herpetologist .[2][3]

Habitat[]

The natural habitat of A. petrorum is forest.[1]

Reproduction[]

A. petrorum is oviparous.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b (2011). "Riama petrorum ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T178746A7607726. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T178746A7607726.en. Downloaded on 10 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Andinosaura petrorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.
  3. ^ 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. (Riama petrorum, p. 204).

Further reading[]

  • , (2005). "Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cercosaurini (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with new genera for species of Neusticurus and Proctoporus ". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 405–416. (Riama petrorum, new combination).
  • Kizirian, David A. (1996). "A Review of Ecuadorian Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with Descriptions of Nine New Species". Herpetological Monographs 10: 85–155. (Proctoporus petrorum, new species).
  • , , , , , , Rodrigues MT, Grant T, (2017). "Phylogeny of Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), impact of phenotypic evidence on molecular datasets, and the origin of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta endemic fauna". Cladistics 34 (3): 260–291. (Andinosaura petrorum, new combination).



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