| Riolama leucosticta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Riolama |
| Species: | R. leucosticta |
| Binomial name | |
| Riolama leucosticta (Boulenger, 1900) | |
Riolama leucosticta, the white-spotted riolama, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. [2] It is endemic to Venezuela.
Gymnophthalmidae is a family of lizards with at least 250 species, sometimes known commonly as spectacled lizards or microteiids. They are called "spectacled" because of their transparent lower eyelids, which allow them to still see with closed eyes. As in most lizards, except geckos, these eyelids are movable. The Alopoglossidae have been recently moved from this family.
Riolama is a small genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.
The brown creeper, also known as the American treecreeper, is a small songbird, the only North American member of the treecreeper family Certhiidae.
The white-breasted wood wren is a small songbird of the wren family. It is a resident breeding species from central Mexico to northeastern Peru and Suriname.
The streak-headed mannikin also known as the streak-headed munia, is a small estrildid finch.
The white-spotted mannikin is a small passerine bird in the family Estrildidae. It is endemic to southern New Guinea.
Chiasmocleis leucosticta is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The forest scrub robin is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is disjunctly present throughout the African tropical rainforest :
The bar-winged wood wren is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in southern Ecuador and northern Peru.
The spotted jewel-babbler is a species of bird in the family Psophodidae. It is found in the highlands of New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Brachythemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as groundlings.
Brachythemis leucosticta, the banded groundling, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,India, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
Echinolittorina leucosticta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
The Liberia worm snake is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.
Allocnemis leucosticta, the goldtail or goudstertjie, is a species of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to South Africa and Swaziland, where it lives near streams and rivers in wooded areas.
Dudgeonea leucosticta is a moth in the Dudgeoneidae family. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. Two subspecies are recognized. Nominate subspecies from Asia and D. l. sierraleonensis from Sierra Leone.
Riolama luridiventris is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. It is endemic to Venezuela.
Riolama uzzelli is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.
Brachythemis impartita, the Northern banded groundling, is a species of dragonfly, a skimmer from the family Libellulidae from central and northern Africa, its range extending into southern Europe and the Middle East. It was previously considered to be conspecific with B. leucosticta.
The white-spotted tree skink is a species of skink known only from West Java, Indonesia. It is an uncommon arboreal species.
