Anadia hobarti

Anadia hobarti
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Anadia
Species:	A. hobarti
Binomial name
	Anadia hobarti; La Marca & García-Pérez, 1990

Last updated October 01, 2025

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]

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 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.
1 2 3 Anadia hobarti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 July 2019.
↑ 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).

La Marca E, García-Pérez JE (1990). "A New Species of High Andean Anadia (Sauria: Teiidae) from Paramo el Riecito, Estado Trujillo, Venezuela". Herpetologica46 (3): 275–282. (Anadia hobarti, new species).
Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa3211: 1–64.

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 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.

[RDB-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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