Loxopholis ferreirai
Loxopholis ferreirai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
Genus: | Loxopholis |
Species: | L. ferreirai
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Binomial name | |
Loxopholis ferreirai (Rodrigues & , 2005)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Loxopholis ferreirai is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.
Etymology[]
The specific name, ferreirai, is in honor of Portuguese naturalist Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira.[3]
Geographic range[]
L. ferreirai is found in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.[2]
Habitat[]
The preferred natural habitat of L. ferreirai is forest.[1]
Reproduction[]
L. ferreirai is oviparous, and it does not reproduce by parthenogenesis.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b , , , , Uhlig VM, Lima A, , , , de Moura GJB, , Silva JRS, Viñas LV, , Hoogmoed MS, , Almeida-Santos P, , de Oliveira RB, , , (2019). "Leposoma ferreirai ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T66082554A135333345. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T66082554A135333345.pt. Downloaded on 28 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d Loxopholis ferreirai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 July 2019.
- ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leposoma ferreirai, p. 89).
Further reading[]
- , Frost DR, De la Riva I, , , Rodrigues MT, (2016). "Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment". Cladistics 32 (6): 624–671. (Loxopholis ferreirai, new combination, p. 670).
- , , , Rodrigues MT, (2020). "Natural history notes and range extension of Loxopholis ferreirai (Rodrigues and Avila-Pires, 2005): a micro-endemic species from the flooded igapó forests of Rio Negro and tributaries, Brazilian Amazonia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)". Herpetology Notes 13: 235–239.
- , (2016). "Diversity, distribution, and conservation of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) in the Brazilian Amazonia". Neotropical Diversity 2 (1): 195–421. (Leposoma ferreirai).
- Ribeiro-Júnior MA, Amaral S (2017). "Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia". IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae". Zootaxa 4269 (2): 151–196.
- Rodrigues MT, (2005). "New Lizard of the Genus Leposoma (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Lower Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil". Journal of Herpetology 39 (4): 541–546. (Leposoma ferreirai, new species).
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Loxopholis
- Reptiles of Brazil
- Endemic fauna of Brazil
- Reptiles described in 2005
- Taxa named by Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues
- Taxa named by Teresa C.S. Ávila-Pires
- Lizard stubs