Colobodactylus taunayi

Colobodactylus taunayi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Colobodactylus
Species:	C. taunayi
Binomial name
Colobodactylus taunayi Amaral, 1933

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

Etymology

The specific name, taunayi, is in honor of Brazilian historian Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay. ^[3]

Geographic range

C. taunayi occurs in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. ^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. taunayi is forest. ^[1]

Reproduction

C. taunayi is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Colli, G.R.; Fenker, J.; Tedeschi, L.; Bataus, Y.S.L.; Uhlig, V.M.; Lima, A.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Borges-Nojosa, D.M.; Costa, G.C.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Winck, G.; Silva, J.R.S.; Viñas, L.V.; Ribeiro Júnior, M.A.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Tinôco, M.S.T.; Almeida-Santos, P.; Valadão, R.; de Oliveira, R.B.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Ferreira, V.L.; de Menezes, V.A. (2019). "Colobodactylus taunayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T134881188A135333457. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T134881188A135333457.pt . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Colobodactylus taunayi 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. (Colobodactylus taunayi, p. 261).

Further reading

• Amaral A (1933). "Estudos sobre Lacertilios neotropicos. I. Novos generos e especies de lagartos do Brasil ". Memorias do Instituto Butantan7: 51–75. (Colobodactylus taunayi, new species, pp. 70–71). (in Portuguese).