Micrablepharus maximiliani

Micrablepharus maximiliani
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Micrablepharus
Species:	M. maximiliani
Binomial name
Micrablepharus maximiliani (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862)
Synonyms [2]
Gymnophthalmus maximiliani Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862 Micrablepharus glaucurus Boettger, 1885 Micrablepharus dunni Laurent, 1949

Micrablepharus maximiliani is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to South America. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, maximiliani, is in honor of German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied. ^{[3] : 171}

Geographic distribution

Micrablepharus maximiliani is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru. ^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of Micrablepharus maximiliani are forest and savanna. ^[1]

References

1. Scott N, Cacciali P, Perez P, Avila-Pires TCS, Aparicio J, Moravec J, Nogueira C de C (2019). "Micrablepharus maximiliani ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T63488678A63488686.en. Accessed on 22 July 2025.
2. Micrablepharus maximiliani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 29 July 2019.
3. Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5.

Further reading

• Boettger, O. (1885). "Liste von Reptilien und Batrachiern aus Paraguay ". Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften (Halle). 58: 213–248. (Micrablepharus, new genus, p. 217; M. glaucurus, new species, p. 218). (in German and Latin).
• Boulenger, G.A. (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum. Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ, Xenosauridæ, Zonuridæ, Anguidæ, Annielidæ, Helodermatidæ, Varanidæ, Xantusiidæ, Teiidæ, Amphisbænidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Micrablepharus maximiliani, pp. 426–427).
• Reinhardt, J.; Lütken, Ch. (1862). "Bidrag til Kundskab om Brasiliens Padder og Krybdyr. Förste Afdeling: Padderne og Öglerne". Vindenskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn. 1861 (10–15): 143–242. (Gymnophthalmus maximiliani, new species, pp. 211–214 + Plate V, figures 6a–6g). (in Danish).