Loxopholis snethlageae

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Loxopholis snethlageae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Loxopholis
Species:
L. snethlageae
Binomial name
Loxopholis snethlageae
(Ávila-Pires, 1995)
Synonyms [1]
  • Leposoma snethlageae
    Ávila-Pires, 1995
  • Loxopholis snethlageae
    Goicoechea et al., 2016

Loxopholis snethlageae is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. [1] The species is endemic to Brazil.

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Etymology

The specific name, snethlageae, is in honor of German-Brazilian ornithologist Emilie Snethlage. [2]

Geographic range

L. snethlageae is found in the drainage basins of the Solimões River and the Urucu River, in the southwestern part of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, in northwestern Brazil. [1] [3]

Reproduction

L. snethlageae is oviparous. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Loxopholis snethlageae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 28 July 2019.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leposoma snethlageae, p. 248).
  3. Ávila-Pires TCS (1995).

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