Alopoglossus copii

Alopoglossus copii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Alopoglossidae
Genus:	Alopoglossus
Species:	A. copii
Binomial name
Alopoglossus copii Boulenger, 1885

Alopoglossus copii, known commonly as the drab shade lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, copii, is in honor of American herpetologist Edward Drinker Cope. ^[2]

Geographic range

A. copii is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. copii is forest at altitudes of 310–1,390 m (1,020–4,560 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

A. copii is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Perez, J.; Gagliardi, G. (2016). "Alopoglossus copii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T44578102A44578105. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578102A44578105.en . Retrieved 19 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. (Alopoglossus copii, p. 59).
3. Alopoglossus copii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 July 2019.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Alopoglossus copii, new species, pp. 383–384 + Plate XX, figures 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d).
• Duellman WE (1978). "The Biology of an Equatorial Herpetofauna in Amazonian Ecuador". University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publications (65): 1–352. (Alopoglossus copii, p. 210, Figure 123).
• Goicoechea N, Frost DR, De la Riva I, Pellegrino KCM, Sites J, Rodrigues MT, Padial JM (2016). "Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment". Cladistics32 (6): 624–671.
• Köhler G, Diethert H-H, Veselý M (2012). "A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Lizard Genus Alopoglossus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)". Herpetological Monographs26 (1): 173–188. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).