Enyalioides sophiarothschildae

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

Enyalioides sophiarothschildae, or the Rothschild's woodlizard, is a species of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae. It is endemic to the Amazonian slopes of the Cordillera Central in northeastern Peru. It differs from its congeneric species by possessing homogeneous (size) caudal scales on each caudal segment, a white gular region that has a black patch as well as turquoise scales in males, and immaculate white labials and chin. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Venegas, Pablo J. & de Queiroz, Kevin (2015). "Three new species of woodlizards (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from northwestern South America". ZooKeys (494): 107–132. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.494.8903 . PMC   4400379 . PMID   25901116.
  2. Enyalioides sophiarothschildae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 September 2021.