Pholidobolus montium

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Pholidobolus montium
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Pholidobolus
Species:
P. montium
Binomial name
Pholidobolus montium
(Peters, 1863)

Pholidobolus montium, the mountain pholiodobolus, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. [2] It is found in Ecuador and Colombia.

Lizard suborder of reptiles

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Gymnophthalmidae family of reptiles

Gymnophthalmidae is a family of lizards with at least 250 species, sometimes known as spectacled lizards or microteiids. They are called 'spectacled' because of their transparent lower eyelids, so they can still see with closed eyes. Like most lizards, but unlike geckos, these eyelids are movable. The Alopoglossidae have been recently moved from this family.

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References

  1. ↑ Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2015. Pholidobolus montium (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44578680A115386433. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44578680A44578689.en. Downloaded on 01 August 2019.
  2. ↑ Pholidobolus montium at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 31 July 2019.
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