Alopoglossus festae
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Alopoglossus festae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Alopoglossidae |
Genus: | Alopoglossus |
Species: | A. festae
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Binomial name | |
Alopoglossus festae Peracca, 1904
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Alopoglossus festae is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is endemic to northwestern South America.
Etymology
The specific name, festae, is in honor of Italian zoologist Enrico Festa.[2]
Geographic range
A. festae is found in southwestern Colombia and adjacent northwestern Ecuador.[1][3]
Habitat
The preferred habitat of A. festae is forest at altitudes of 10–2,000 m (33–6,562 ft).[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b c Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Velasco, J.; Bolívar, W. (2016). "Alopoglossus festae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44578111A44578114. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578111A44578114.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Alopoglossus festae, p. 89).
- ^ a b Alopoglossus festae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.
Further reading
- Artega A, Pyron RA, Peñafiel N, Romero-Barreto P, Culebras J, Bustamante L, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Guayasamin JM (2016). "Comparative Phylogeography Reveals Cryptic Diversity and Repeated Patterns of Cladogenesis for Amphibians and Reptiles in Northwestern Ecuador". PLoS ONE 11 (4): e0151746.
- Peracca MG (1904). "Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell'Ecuador e regioni vicine. Rettili ed Amphibii ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Regia Università di Torino 19 (465): 1-41. (Alopoglossus festae, new species, pp. 7–9). (in Italian).
- Ruibal R (1952). "Revisionary Studies of some South American Teiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 106: 475–529. (Alopoglossus festae, pp. 502–505).Error: "Q5313597" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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