Loxopholis southi

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Loxopholis southi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Loxopholis
Species:
L. southi
Binomial name
Loxopholis southi
(Ruthven & Gaige, 1924)
Synonyms [2]
  • Leposoma southi
    Ruthven & Gaige, 1924
  • Loxopholis southi
    Goicoechea, 2016

Loxopholis southi, also known commonly as the northern spectacled lizard and the southern leposoma, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. [2] The species is native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America. There are two recognized subspecies.

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Etymology

The specific name, southi, is in honor of John Glover South (1873–1940), who was an American physician and diplomat. [3]

Geographic range

L. southi is found in Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. [2]

Reproduction

L. southi is oviparous. [2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies: [2]

Nota bene : A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Loxopholis .

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References

  1. Acosta Chaves V, Batista A, García Rodríguez A, Vargas Álvarez J, Velasco J, Arredondo JC, Bolívar W, Gutierrez P (2015). "Leposoma southi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T203058A115346975. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T203058A2759594.en. Downloaded on 28 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Loxopholis southi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 28 July 2019.
  3. 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 southi, p. 248).

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