Alopoglossus festae

Alopoglossus festae
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Alopoglossidae
Genus:	Alopoglossus
Species:	A. festae
Binomial name
	Alopoglossus festae; (Peracca, 1896)
Synonyms
	Diastemalepis festae; Peracca, 1896; Ptychoglossus festae; — J. Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970; Alopoglossus festae; — Hernández-Morales et al., 2020;

Last updated September 09, 2023

Alopoglossus festae is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, festae, is in honor of Italian zoologist Enrico Festa.^[3]

Geographic range

A. festae is found in southwestern Colombia and adjacent northwestern Ecuador.^[1]^[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. festae is forest at altitudes of 10–2,000 m (33–6,562 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

A. festae is oviparous.^[2]

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References

1 2 3 Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Velasco, J.; Bolívar, W. (2016). "Alopoglossus festae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T44578111A44578114. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578111A44578114.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
1 2 3 Alopoglossus festae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 July 2019.
↑ 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 festae, p. 89).

Artega A, Pyron RA, Peñafiel N, Romero-Barreto P, Culebras J, Bustamante L, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Guayasamin JM (2016). "Comparative Phylogeography Reveals Cryptic Diversity and Repeated Patterns of Cladogenesis for Amphibians and Reptiles in Northwestern Ecuador". PLoS ONE11 (4): e0151746.
Hernández-Morales C, Sturaro MJ, Sales-Nunes P, Lotzkat S, Peloso PLV (2020). "A species-level total evidence phylogeny of the microteiid lizard family Alopoglossidae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea)". Cladistics36 (3): 301–321.
Peracca MG (1896). "Descrizione di un nuovo genere e di una nuova specie di Teiidae raccolta nel Darien dal dott. E. Festa". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Regia Università di Torino11 (235): 1-4. (Diastemalepis festae, new species, pp. 2–4, Figures 1–5). (in Italian).
Ruibal R (1952). "Revisionary Studies of some South American Teiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College106: 475–529. (Alopoglossus festae, pp. 502–505).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Velasco, J.; Bolívar, W. (2016). "Alopoglossus festae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T44578111A44578114. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578111A44578114.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Alopoglossus festae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 July 2019.

[3] 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 festae, p. 89).

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