Bachia blairi

Bachia blairi
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Bachia
Species:	B. blairi
Binomial name
	Bachia blairi; (Dunn, 1940)
Synonyms
	Scolecosaurus blairi; Dunn, 1940; Bachia blairi; — McDiarmid & DeWeese, 1977;

Last updated July 28, 2021

Bachia blairi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to Central America.

Etymology

The specific name, blairi, is in honor of American businessman Henry Sterling Blair, a manager of United Fruit Company in Panama, who was also an amateur herpetologist.^[3]

Geographic range

B. blairi is found in Costa Rica and Panama.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of B. blairi is forest, at altitudes of 2–40 m (6.6–131.2 ft).^[1]

Description

B. blairi has reduced limbs. Each front leg has four digits, and each hind leg has three digits. Its body coloration is similar to P. pallidiceps . However, B. blairi does not have a bright, light-colored lateral stripe.^[2]

Behavior

B. blairi is terrestrial and semifossorial, living in the leaf litter of undisturbed rainforest.^[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of B. blairi is unknown.^[2]

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References

1 2 3 Acosta Chaves V, Batista A, García Rodríguez A, Saborío G, Vargas Álvarez J (2014). "Bachia blairi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T203050A2759487. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T203050A2759487.en. Downloaded on 16 July 2019.
1 2 3 4 Bachia blairi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 16 July 2019.
↑ 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. (Bachia blairi, p. 26).