Anadia steyeri

Anadia steyeri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Anadia
Species:	A. steyeri
Binomial name
Anadia steyeri Nieden, 1914

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

Etymology

The specific name, steyeri, is in honor of a Dr. Steyer of the Naturhistorisches Museum in Lübeck, Germany. ^[3]

Geographic range

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

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. steyeri is forest, at altitudes of 400–700 m (1,300–2,300 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

A. steyeri is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Anadia steyeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T44578273A44578277. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578273A44578277.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Anadia steyeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 8 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. (Anadia steyeri, p. 254).

Further reading

• Nieden F (1914). "Beschreibung einer neuen Tejiden-Art nebst Bemerkungen über einige Kriechtiere des Naturhistorischen Museums in Lübeck ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin1914: 364–367. (Anadia steyeri, new species, pp. 365–366). (in German).
• Rivas GA, Sales Nunes PM, Dixon JR, Schargel WE, Caicedo JR, Barros TR, Camargo EG, Barrio-Amorós CL (2012). "Taxonomy, Hemipenial Morphology, and Natural History of Two Poorly Known Species of Anadia (Gymnophthalmidae) from Northern South America". Journal of Herpetology46 (1): 33–40. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).