Colobodactylus

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Colobodactylus
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Colobodactylus taunayi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Colobodactylus
Amaral, 1933

Colobodactylus (common name: Amaral's teiids) is a small genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to Brazil. [1] [2]

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Species

There are two species in the genus Colobodactylus. [1]

Etymology

The specific name, dalcyanus, is in honor of Brazilian entomologist Dalcy de Oliveira Albuquerque (1902–1982). [3] [4]

The specific name, taunayi, is in honor of Brazilian historian Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay (1876–1958). [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Colobodactylus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 19 March 2014.
  2. "Colobodactylus — Amaral's Teiids". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  3. "Colobodactylus darcyanus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile database.org.
  4. 1 2 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. ("Albuquerque", p. 4; Colobodactylus taunayi, p. 261).

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