Arthrosaura tyleri

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Arthrosaura tyleri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Arthrosaura
Species:
A. tyleri
Binomial name
Arthrosaura tyleri
(C. Burt & M. Burt, 1931)
Synonyms [2]

Arthrosaura tyleri is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. [2] The species is endemic to Venezuela.

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Etymology

The specific name, tyleri, is in honor of Sidney F. Tyler, Jr. (1850–1937), who as an American lawyer, banker, historian, and photographer. [3] [4]

Geographic range

A. tyleri is only found on the summit of Cerro Duida in Amazonas state, Venezuela. [1] [2]

Reproduction

A. tyleri is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Rivas G, Schargel W (2016). "Arthrosaura tyleri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44578351A44578357. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578351A44578357.en. Downloaded on 14 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Arthrosaura tyleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 14 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. (Arthrosaura tyleri, p. 269).
  4. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2014). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. London: Bloomsbury. 624 pp. ISBN   978-1472905734.

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