Alopoglossus gorgonae

Alopoglossus gorgonae
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Alopoglossidae
Genus:	Alopoglossus
Species:	A. gorgonae
Binomial name
	Alopoglossus gorgonae; Harris, 1994
Synonyms
	Ptychoglossus gorgonae; Harris, 1994; Alopoglossus gorgonae; — Hernández-Morales et al., 2020;

Last updated September 09, 2023

Alopoglossus gorgonae is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, gorgonae, refers to the type locality, Gorgona Island, Colombia.^[3]

Geographic range

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

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. gorgonae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

A. gorgonae is oviparous.^[2]

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References

1 2 3 Gutiérrez-Cárdenas P, Caicedo J, Rivas G, Cisneros-Heredia DF (2019). "Ptychoglossus gorgonae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T29410A44946736. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T29410A44946736.en. Downloaded on 05 October 2019.
1 2 3 4 Alopoglossus gorgonae 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. (Ptychoglossus gorgonae, p. 104).

Castro-Herrera, Fernando; Valencia-Aguilar, Anyelet, Villaquirán-Martínez, Diego F. (2012). Diversidad de Anfibios y Reptiles del Parque Nacional Gorgona: Herpetofauna de la isla Gorgona en el Pacífico colombiano, Legado de la naturaleza que se atrapó en este refugio de vida. Cali: Laboratorio de Herpetología, Deparamento de Biología, Universidad del Valle. 112 pp. ISBN 978-958-46-0094-3. (Ptychoglossus gorgonae).
Harris DM (1994). "A Review of the Teiid Lizard Genus Ptychoglossus ". Herpetological Monographs8: 226–275. (Ptychoglossus gorgonae, new species, p. 244).
Hernández-Morales C, Sturaro MJ, Nunes PMS, Lotzkat S, Peloso PL (2020). "A species-level total evidence phylogeny of the microteiid lizard family Alopoglossidae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea)". Cladistics36 (3): 301–321. (Alopoglossus gorgonae, new combination).
Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D (2019). "Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation13 (1) [General Section]: 209–229 (e178). (Ptychoglossus gorgonae).

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 Gutiérrez-Cárdenas P, Caicedo J, Rivas G, Cisneros-Heredia DF (2019). "Ptychoglossus gorgonae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T29410A44946736. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T29410A44946736.en. Downloaded on 05 October 2019.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Alopoglossus gorgonae 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. (Ptychoglossus gorgonae, p. 104).

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