Yanomamia hoogmoedi

Yanomamia hoogmoedi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Yanomamia
Species:	Y. hoogmoedi
Binomial name
	Yanomamia hoogmoedi; (Kok, 2008)
Synonyms
	Arthrosaura hoogmoedi; Kok, 2008; Loxopholis hoogmoedi; — Goicoechea et al., 2016; Yanomamia hoogmoedi; — Pellegrino et al., 2018;

Last updated March 27, 2024

Yanomamia hoogmoedi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.^[2] The species is endemic to Guyana.

Etymology

The specific name, hoogmoedi, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Marinus Steven Hoogmoed.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Y. hoogmoedi is forest, at altitudes around 2,100 m (6,900 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

Y. hoogmoedi is oviparous.^[2]

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References

1 2 Hoogmoed M, Ouboter P (2016). "Arthrosaura hoogmoedi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44578302A44578304. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578302A44578304.en. Downloaded on 08 August 2019.
1 2 3 Yanomamia hoogmoedi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 6 August 2019.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Arthrosaura hoogmoedi, p. 125).