Colobosauroides carvalhoi

Colobosauroides carvalhoi
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Colobosauroides
Species:	C. carvalhoi
Binomial name
	Colobosauroides carvalhoi; Soares & Caramaschi, 1998

Last updated April 12, 2024

Colobosauroides carvalhoi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to Northeast Region, Brazil.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, carvalhoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Antenor Leitão de Carvalho.^[3]

Geographic range

C. carvalhoi is found in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Piauí.^[1] The distribution of C. carvalhoi is structured within the southern canyons, with a marked reduction in abundance from the base of rock cliffs through the central portion of the valleys.^[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. carvalhoi is savanna.^[1]

Description

Adults of C. carvalhoi have an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 12 cm (4.7 in), with a tail slightly longer than SVL.^[1]

Reproduction

C. carvalhoi is oviparous.^[2]

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References

1 2 3 4 Silveira AL et al. (20 authors) (2021). "Colobosauroides carvalhoi " The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T134881436A134881438.pt. Accessed on 23 January 2022. (in English and Portuguese).
1 2 Colobosauroides carvalhoi 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. (Colobosauroides carvalhoi, p. 49).
↑ Magalhães-Júnior, A. J. C.; Moura, G. J. B.; Ribeiro, L. B.; Azevedo-Júnior, S. M. (2017). "Potential distribution and conservation of the Colobosauroides carvalhoi Soares and Caramaschi, 1998: a rare and endemic lizard of Northeast Brazil". Brazilian Journal of Biology. 77 (4): 686–695. doi: 10.1590/1519-6984.15815 . ISSN 1678-4375. PMID 28562781.