Alopoglossus kugleri

Alopoglossus kugleri
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. kugleri
Binomial name
	Alopoglossus kugleri; (Roux, 1927)
Synonyms
	Ptychoglossus kugleri; Roux, 1927;

Last updated October 29, 2024

Alopoglossus kugleri, also known commonly as Kugler's largescale lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae.^[2] The species is endemic to Venezuela.

Etymology

The specific name, kugleri, is in honor of Swiss geologist Hans Gottfried Kugler.^[3]

Description

Dorsally, A. kugleri is black. Ventrally, it is brick red.^[2]

Geographic range

A. kugleri is found in northwestern Venezuela, in the states of Aragua, Carabobo, and Falcón.^[2]

Habitat

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

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References

1 2 Rivas G, Schargel W (2016). "Ptychoglossus kugleri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203065A2759752. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203065A2759752.en. Downloaded on 05 October 2019.
1 2 3 4 Alopoglossus kugleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 July 2019.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ptychoglossus kugleri, p. 147).

Harris DM (1994). "Review of the Teiid Lizard Genus Ptychoglossus ". Herpetological Monographs8: 226–275. (Ptychoglossus kugleri, p. 248).
Hernández Morales C, Sturaro MJ, Nunes PMS, Lotzkat S, Peloso PLV (2020). "A species-level total evidence phylogeny of the microteiid lizard family Alopoglossidae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea)". Cladistics33 (3): 301–321. (Alopoglossus kugleri, new combination, Table 5).
Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa3211 (1): 1–64. (Ptychoglossus kugleri). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
Roux J (1927). "Contribution à l'erpétologie du Vénézuéla". Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel38: 252–261. (Ptychoglossus kugleri, new species). (in French).

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[iucn-1] 1 2 Rivas G, Schargel W (2016). "Ptychoglossus kugleri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203065A2759752. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203065A2759752.en. Downloaded on 05 October 2019.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Alopoglossus kugleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 July 2019.

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ptychoglossus kugleri, p. 147).

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