Loxopholis osvaldoi

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Loxopholis osvaldoi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Loxopholis
Species:
L. osvaldoi
Binomial name
Loxopholis osvaldoi
(Ávila-Pires, 1995)
Synonyms [2]
  • Leposoma osvaldoi
    Ávila-Pires, 1995
  • Loxopholis osvaldoi
    Goicoechea et al., 2016

Loxopholis osvaldoi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. [2] The species is endemic to Brazil.

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Etymology

The specific name, osvaldoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha. [3]

Geographic range

L. osvaldoi is found in the Brazilian states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, and Rondônia. [2]

Habitat

The natural habitat of L. osvaldoi is forest. [1]

Reproduction

L. osvaldoi is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Colli GR, Fenker J, Tedeschi L, Bataus YSL, Uhlig VM, Lima A, Nogueira CC, Borges-Nojosa DM, Costa GC, de Moura GJB, Winck G, Silva JRS, Viñas LV, Ribeiro Junior MA, Hoogmoed MS, Tinôco MST, Almeida-Santos P, Valadão R, de Oliveira RB, Avila-Pires TCS, Ferreira VL, de Menezes VA (2019). "Loxopholis osvaldoi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T66082596A135332617. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T66082596A135332617.pt. Downloaded on 28 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Loxopholis osvaldoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 28 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. (Leposoma osvaldoi, p. 197).

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