Anadia hobarti

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Anadia hobarti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertoidea
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Anadia
Species:
A. hobarti
Binomial name
Anadia hobarti

Anadia hobarti, also known commonly as Hobart's anadia, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela. [1] [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, hobarti, is in honor of American herpetologist Hobart Muir Smith. [3]

Geographic range

A. hobarti is found in northwestern Venezuela, in the Venezuelan state of Trujillo. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. hobarti are grassland and forest, at an altitude of 2,625 m (8,612 ft). [1]

Reproduction

A. hobarti is oviparous. [2] Females lay eggs in communal nests. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2019). "Anadia hobarti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T44578192A44578196. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44578192A44578196.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Anadia hobarti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 July 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anadia hobarti, p. 124).

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