Enyalioides azulae

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Enyalioides azulae
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Enyalioides azulae holotype
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Hoplocercidae
Genus: Enyalioides
Species:
E. azulae
Binomial name
Enyalioides azulae

Enyalioides azulae is a species of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae. It is known from only its type locality in the Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru. [1] [2] [3]

The specific name "azulae" is derived from the Spanish word azul, "blue". It refers to the type locality, making the species the "Enyalioides of the [Cordillera] Azul". [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lehr, E., Venegas, P., Aguilar, C., Perez, J., Torres, C. & Suárez, J. (2015). "Enyalioides azulae ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T51090161A51090164. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/51090161/51090164. Downloaded on 29 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Venegas, P.; Torres-Carvajal, O.; Duran, V.; De Queiroz, K. (2013). "Two sympatric new species of woodlizards (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from Cordillera Azul National Park in northeastern Peru". ZooKeys (277): 69–90. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.277.3594 . PMC   3677373 . PMID   23794824.
  3. Enyalioides azulae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 September 2021.