Bachia blairi

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Bachia blairi

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Bachia
Species:
B. blairi
Binomial name
Bachia blairi
(Dunn, 1940)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scolecosaurus blairi
    Dunn, 1940
  • Bachia blairi
    — McDiarmid & , 1977

Bachia blairi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to Central America.

Etymology[]

The specific name, blairi, is in honor of American businessman , a manager of United Fruit Company in Panama, who was also an amateur herpetologist.[3]

Geographic range[]

B. blairi is found in Costa Rica and Panama.[2]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitat of B. blairi is forest, at altitudes of 2–40 m (6.6–131.2 ft).[1]

Description[]

B. blairi has reduced limbs. Each front leg has four digits, and each hind leg has three digits. Its body coloration is similar to P. pallidiceps. However, B. blairi does not have a bright, light-colored lateral stripe.[2]

Behavior[]

B. blairi is terrestrial and semifossorial, living in the leaf litter of undisturbed rainforest.[1]

Reproduction[]

The mode of reproduction of B. blairi is unknown.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c , , , , (2014). "Bachia blairi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T203050A2759487. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T203050A2759487.en. Downloaded on 16 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Bachia blairi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 July 2019.
  3. ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bachia blairi, p. 26).

Further reading[]

  • Dunn ER (1940). "New and Noteworthy Herpetological Material from Panama". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 92: 105–122. (Scolecosaurus blairi, new species, p. 115).
  • McDiarmid RW, (1977). "The systematic status of the lizard Bachia blairi (Dunn, 1940) (Reptilia: Teiidae) and its occurrence in Costa Rica". Brenesia 12/13: 143–153. (Bachia blairi, new combination).
  • Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 954 pp. ISBN 0-226-73537-0. (Bachia blairi, p. 520).



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