Colobodactylus dalcyanus

Colobodactylus dalcyanus
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Colobodactylus
Species:	C. dalcyanus
Binomial name
	Colobodactylus dalcyanus; Vanzolini & Ramos, 1977

Last updated November 28, 2025

Colobodactylus dalcyanus, also known commonly as Vanzolini's teiid, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.^[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, dalcyanus, is in honor of Brazilian entomologist Dalcy de Oliveira Albuquerque (1902–1982).^[2]^[3]

Geographic range

C. dalcyanus is found in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. dalcyanus are forest and rocky areas.^[1]

Reproduction

C. dalcyanus is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 Silveira, A.L.; da Rocha, C.F.D.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Werneck, F.P.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Winck, G.; Ribeiro Júnior, M.A.; Kiefer, M.; de Freitas, M.A.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Tinôco, M.S.; Valadão, R.; Cardoso Vieira, R.; Perez Maciel, R.; Gomes Faria, R.; Recoder, R.; Ávila, R.W.; Torquato da Silva, S.; de Barcelos Ribeiro, S.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S. (2021). "Colobodactylus dalcyanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T178724A159253476. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T178724A159253476.pt .
1 2 3 4 Colobodactylus dalcyanus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 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. ("Albuquerque", p. 4).

Bernardo PH, Guerra-Fuentes RA, Zaher H (2011). "Colobodactylus dalcyanus (NCN): Reproduction". Herpetological Bulletin (118): 36–38.
Bernardo PH, Junqueira AFB, Martins IA (2011). "A new geographic distribution record of the rare lizard Colobodactylus dalcyanus Vanzolini and Ramos, 1977 (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae, Heterodactylini)". Herpetology Notes4: 327–329.
Vanzolini P, Ramos AMM (1977). "A new species of Colobodactylus, with notes on the distribution of a group of stranded microteiid lizards (Sauria, Teiidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo31 (3): 19–47. (Colobodactylus darcyanus, new species).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 Silveira, A.L.; da Rocha, C.F.D.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Werneck, F.P.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Winck, G.; Ribeiro Júnior, M.A.; Kiefer, M.; de Freitas, M.A.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Tinôco, M.S.; Valadão, R.; Cardoso Vieira, R.; Perez Maciel, R.; Gomes Faria, R.; Recoder, R.; Ávila, R.W.; Torquato da Silva, S.; de Barcelos Ribeiro, S.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S. (2021). "Colobodactylus dalcyanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T178724A159253476. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T178724A159253476.pt .

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Colobodactylus dalcyanus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 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. ("Albuquerque", p. 4).

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