Arthrosaura versteegii
Arthrosaura versteegii is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is indigenous to northeastern South America.
| Arthrosaura versteegii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Arthrosaura |
| Species: | A. versteegii |
| Binomial name | |
| Arthrosaura versteegii Lidth de Jeude, 1904 | |
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Etymology
The specific name, versteegii, is in honor of Gerard Martinus Versteeg (1876–1943), who was a Dutch physician and explorer.[3]
Geographic range
A. versteegii is found in Brazil (Amazonas), French Guiana, Suriname, and Venezuela.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of A. versteegii are forest and savanna, at altitudes of 100–1,400 m (330–4,590 ft).[1]
References
- Ouboter P (2016). "Arthrosaura versteegii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44578365A44578368. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578365A44578368.en. Downloaded on 14 July 2019.
- Arthrosaura versteegii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 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. (Arthrosaura versteegii, p. 274).
Further reading
- Ávila-Pires TCS, Hoogmoed MS, Silva MB (2018). "First records in Brazil for Arthrosaura versteegii van Lidth de Jeude, 1904 (Reptilia, Gymnophthalmidae), a possible species complex, and distribution extension for Arthrosaura montigena Myers & Donnelly, 2008, in Venezuela". Check List 14 (4): 569–577.
- Hoogmoed MS, Ávila-Pires TCS (1992). "Studies on the species of the South American lizard genus Arthrosaura Boulenger (Reptilia: Sauria: Teiidae), with the resurrection of two species [A. versteegii, Pantodactylus tyleri ]". Zoologische Mededelingen 66: 453–484.
- Lidth de Jeude TW (1904). "Reptiles and Batrachians from Surinam". Notes from the Leyden Museum 25: 83–94 + Plate 7. (Arthrosaura versteegii, new species, pp. 89–91 + Plate 7, figures 5–6).
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