Anadia ocellata

Anadia ocellata, commonly known as the ocellated anadia , is a species of lizard endemic to the Americas.[3]

Anadia ocellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Anadia
Species:
A. ocellata
Binomial name
Anadia ocellata
Gray, 1845
Synonyms
  • Anadia ocellata
    Gray, 1845
  • Ecleopus (Euspondylus) ocellatus
    — W. Peters, 1862
  • Chalcidolepis metallicus
    Cope, 1875
  • Leposoma ocellatum
    — Cope, 1885
  • Anadia metallica
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Anadia ocellata
    — J. Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970[2]

Description

A. ocellata is a small and slender lizard. Its body is cylindrical with a long tail that is very sensitive and quickly subject to autotomy when in danger or when manipulated inadequately.[3]

Geographic range

A. ocellata is distributed from Costa Rica to Ecuador.[3]

Habitat and behavior

A. ocellata is rather unusual for a lizard in that it has frequently been found in, or close to, bromeliads. Thus its habits are considered arboreal, which would account for its scarceness.[3]

References
  1. Batista, A., García Rodríguez, A., Saborío, G., Vargas Álvarez, J., Acosta Chaves, V. & Arredondo, J.C. 2016. Anadia ocellata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203048A2759434. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203048A2759434.en. Downloaded on 08 July 2019.
  2. "Anadia ocellata ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Anadia ocellata ". Atta, INBio Archived July 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Biodiversity of Costa Rica.

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Anadia ocellata, pp. 398–399, description of holotype; and A. metallica, p. 400).
  • Gray JE. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Anadia ocellata, new species, p. 58).


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