Arthrosaura versteegii

Arthrosaura versteegii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Arthrosaura
Species:	A. versteegii
Binomial name
	Arthrosaura versteegii; Lidth de Jeude, 1904
Synonyms
	Arthrosaura versteegii; Lidth de Jeude, 1904; Artheosaura reticulata versteegii; — Cunha, 1961; Arthrosaura versteegii; — Cunha, 1967;

Last updated September 28, 2025

Arthrosaura versteegii is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.^[2] The species is indigenous to northeastern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, versteegii, is in honor of Gerard Martinus Versteeg (1876–1943), who was a Dutch physician and explorer.^[3]

Geographic range

A. versteegii is found in Brazil (Amazonas), French Guiana, Suriname, and Venezuela.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. versteegii are forest and savanna, at altitudes of 100–1,400 m (330–4,590 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

A. versteegii is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 Ouboter, P. (2016). "Arthrosaura versteegii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T44578365A44578368. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578365A44578368.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 Arthrosaura versteegii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 14 July 2019.
↑ 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. (Arthrosaura versteegii, p. 274).

Ávila-Pires TCS, Hoogmoed MS, Silva MB (2018). "First records in Brazil for Arthrosaura versteegii van Lidth de Jeude, 1904 (Reptilia, Gymnophthalmidae), a possible species complex, and distribution extension for Arthrosaura montigena Myers & Donnelly, 2008, in Venezuela". Check List14 (4): 569–577.
Hoogmoed MS, Ávila-Pires TCS (1992). "Studies on the species of the South American lizard genus Arthrosaura Boulenger (Reptilia: Sauria: Teiidae), with the resurrection of two species [A. versteegii, Pantodactylus tyleri ]". Zoologische Mededelingen66: 453–484.
Lidth de Jeude TW (1904). "Reptiles and Batrachians from Surinam". Notes from the Leyden Museum25: 83–94 + Plate 7. (Arthrosaura versteegii, new species, pp. 89–91 + Plate 7, figures 5–6).

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 1 2 Ouboter, P. (2016). "Arthrosaura versteegii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T44578365A44578368. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578365A44578368.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Arthrosaura versteegii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 14 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. (Arthrosaura versteegii, p. 274).

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