Riama cashcaensis

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Riama cashcaensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Riama
Species:
R. cashcaensis
Binomial name
Riama cashcaensis
(Kizirian & Coloma, 1991)

Riama cashcaensis, Kizorian's lightbulb lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. [1] It is endemic to Ecuador.

Lizard suborder of reptiles

Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic as it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia; some lizards are more closely related to these two excluded groups than they are to other lizards. Lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3 meter long Komodo dragon.

Gymnophthalmidae

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.

Ecuador Republic in South America

Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland. The capital city is Quito, which is also the largest city.

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References

  1. Riama cashcaensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 August 2019.