Anadia steyeri
Anadia steyeri, also known commonly as Steyer's anadia, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Venezuela.
| Anadia steyeri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Anadia |
| Species: | A. steyeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Anadia steyeri Nieden, 1914 | |
Etymology
The specific name, steyeri, is in honor of a Dr. Steyer of the Naturhistorisches Museum in Lübeck, Germany.[3]
Geographic range
A. steyeri is found in northwestern Venezuela, in the Venezuelan states of Aragua, Carabobo, and Falcón.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. steyeri is forest, at altitudes of 400–700 m (1,300–2,300 ft).[1]
References
- Rivas G, Schargel W (2016). "Anadia steyeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44578273A44578277. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578273A44578277.en. Downloaded on 08 July 2019.
- Anadia steyeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 July 2019.
- 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. (Anadia steyeri, p. 254).
Further reading
- Nieden F (1914). "Beschreibung einer neuen Tejiden-Art nebst Bemerkungen über einige Kriechtiere des Naturhistorischen Museums in Lübeck ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1914: 364–367. (Anadia steyeri, new species, pp. 365–366). (in German).
- Rivas GA, Sales Nunes PM, Dixon JR, Schargel WE, Caicedo JR, Barros TR, Camargo EG, Barrio-Amorós CL (2012). "Taxonomy, Hemipenial Morphology, and Natural History of Two Poorly Known Species of Anadia (Gymnophthalmidae) from Northern South America". Journal of Herpetology 46 (1): 33–40. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
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