Gymnophthalmus vanzoi

Gymnophthalmus vanzoi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology[]

The specific name, vanzoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Paulo Vanzolini.^[2]

G. vanzoi is found in northern Brazil (in the Brazilian states of Pará and Roraima) and in Guyana.^[3]

The preferred natural habitat of G. vanzoi is forest.^[1]

G. vanzoi is oviparous.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Silveira, A.L., da Rocha, C., Nogueira, C. de C., Werneck, F., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Ribeiro Júnior, M.A., Kiefer, M., de Freitas, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S.T., Valadão, R., Cardoso Vieira, R., Perez Maciel, R., Gomes Faria, R., Recoder, R., D'Ávila, R., Torquato da Silva, S., de Barcelos Ribeiro, S. & Avila-Pires, T.C.S. (2021). "Gymnophthalmus vanzoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T29455A159254068. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gymnophthalmus vanzoi, p. 273).
^ ^a ^b Gymnophthalmus vanzoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 July 2019.

(1999). "Uma nova espécie de microteiideo do gênero Gymnophthalmus do estado de Roraima, Brasil (Sauria: Gymnophthalmidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, São Paulo 40 (10): 161–174. (Gymnophthalmus vanzoi, new species). (in Portuguese).
, , , , (2020). "Reproductive Biology and Sexual Dimorphism of Gymnophthalmus vanzoi (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in a Population South of the Amazon River, Brazil". South American Journal of Herpetology 15: 30–40.

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