Gymnophthalmus underwoodi

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Gymnophthalmus underwoodi
Underwood's Spectacled Tegu (6977482035).jpg
Underwood's spectacled tegu

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Gymnophthalmus
Species:
G. underwoodi
Binomial name
Gymnophthalmus underwoodi
Grant, 1958

Gymnophthalmus underwoodi, called commonly Underwood's spectacled tegu, is a species of microteiid lizard, which is found in South America and on certain Caribbean islands.

Etymology[]

G. underwoodi is named after British herpetologist Garth Leon Underwood.[2]

Reproduction[]

G. underwoodi is a unisexual species, reproducing through parthenogenesis. Captive specimens have been recorded laying up to eleven eggs within four months, with between one and four eggs per clutch.

Geographic range[]

The geographic distribution of G. underwoodi includes the islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Antigua, Barbuda, Trinidad, and Tobago in the Lesser Antilles; and Guyana, Suriname, Colombia, and Venezuela in South America. It is also present on Dominica, which has been confirmed by both (2002) and et al. (2010).

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitat of G. underwoodi is grassland.[1]

Sources[]

  • (2002). Histoire naturelle des amphibiens et reptiles terrestres de l'Archipel Guadeloupéen. Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélem. Vol. 54. Paris: Patrimoines Naturels. pp. 1–339.
  • Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. London: Macmillan Education Ltd. pp. 34, 70, 83–84, 97, 101, 104. ISBN 0-333-69141-5.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Ouboter, P.; Doan, T.; Dewynter, M.; Thomas, R.; Powell, R. (2016). "Gymnophthalmus underwoodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T178225A66749306. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178225A66749306.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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. (Gymnophthalmus underwoodi, p. 270).

External links[]

Further reading[]

  • Grant C (1958). "A New Gymnophthalmus (Reptilia, Teiidae) from Barbados, B.W.I." Herpetologica 14 (4): 227–228. (Gymnophthalmus underwoodi, new species).
  • Schwartz A, (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Gymnophthalmus underwoodi, p. 411).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Gymnophthalmus underwoodi, pp. 123–124).
  • , , Powell R, (2010). "Population densities and water-loss rates of Gymnophthalmus pleii, Gymnophthalmus underwoodi (Gymnophthalmidae), and Sphaerodactylus fantasticus fuga (Sphaerodactylidae) on Dominica, West Indies". Salamandra 46 (3): 125–130.
  • , Powell R (2004). "Gymnophthalmus underwoodii ". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (793): 1–5.


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