Gymnophthalmus vanzoi

Gymnophthalmus vanzoi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Gymnophthalmus
Species:	G. vanzoi
Binomial name
	Gymnophthalmus vanzoi; C. Carvalho, 1999

Last updated October 02, 2025

Gymnophthalmus vanzoi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, vanzoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Paulo Vanzolini.^[2]

Geographic range

G. vanzoi is found in northern Brazil (in the Brazilian states of Pará and Roraima) and in Guyana.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. vanzoi is forest.^[1]

Reproduction

G. vanzoi is oviparous.^[3]

References

1 2 Silveira, A.L., da Rocha, C., Nogueira, C. de C., Werneck, F., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Ribeiro Júnior, M.A., Kiefer, M., de Freitas, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S.T., Valadão, R., Cardoso Vieira, R., Perez Maciel, R., Gomes Faria, R., Recoder, R., D'Ávila, R., Torquato da Silva, S., de Barcelos Ribeiro, S. & Avila-Pires, T.C.S. (2021). "Gymnophthalmus vanzoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T29455A159254068. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gymnophthalmus vanzoi, p. 273).
1 2 Gymnophthalmus vanzoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 26 July 2019.

Carvalho CM (1999). "Uma nova espécie de microteiideo do gênero Gymnophthalmus do estado de Roraima, Brasil (Sauria: Gymnophthalmidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, São Paulo40 (10): 161–174. (Gymnophthalmus vanzoi, new species). (in Portuguese).
Silva-da-Silva M, Almeida-Santos DA, Ribeiro S, Recoder RS, Santos AP (2020). "Reproductive Biology and Sexual Dimorphism of Gymnophthalmus vanzoi (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in a Population South of the Amazon River, Brazil". South American Journal of Herpetology15: 30–40.

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 Silveira, A.L., da Rocha, C., Nogueira, C. de C., Werneck, F., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Ribeiro Júnior, M.A., Kiefer, M., de Freitas, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S.T., Valadão, R., Cardoso Vieira, R., Perez Maciel, R., Gomes Faria, R., Recoder, R., D'Ávila, R., Torquato da Silva, S., de Barcelos Ribeiro, S. & Avila-Pires, T.C.S. (2021). "Gymnophthalmus vanzoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T29455A159254068. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gymnophthalmus vanzoi, p. 273).

[RDB-3] 1 2 Gymnophthalmus vanzoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 26 July 2019.

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