Echinosaura orcesi

Echinosaura orcesi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[3] The species is endemic to northwestern South America.

Echinosaura orcesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Echinosaura
Species:
E. orcesi
Binomial name
Echinosaura orcesi
Fritts, Almendáriz, & Samec, 2002[2]

Etymology

The specific name, orcesi, is in honor of Ecuadorian herpetologist Gustavo Orcés.[4]

Geographic range

E. orcesi is found in Colombia and Ecuador.[1][2]

Habitat

The natural habitats of E. orcesi are forest and wetland.[1]

Reproduction

E. orcesi is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Bolívar W, Velasco J, Cisneros-Heredia DF (2015). "Echinosaura orcesi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44578593A115386279. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44578593A44578596.en. Downloaded on 23 July 2019.
  2. Fritts, Thomas H.; Almendáriz, Ana & Samec, Sissi (2002). "A new species of Echinosaura (Gymnophthalmidae) from Ecuador and Colombia with comments on other members of the genus and Teuchocercus keyi". Journal of Herpetology. 36 (3): 349–355. doi:10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0349:ANSOEG]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1566177. (Echinosaura orcesi, new species)
  3. Echinosaura orcesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 July 2019.
  4. 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. (Echinosaura orcesi, p. 195).

Further reading
  • Castro-Herrera, Fernando; Vargas-Salinas, Fernando (2008). "Anfibios y reptiles en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia ". Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 251–277. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
  • Valencia-Zuleta, Alejandro; Jaramillo-Martínez, Andrés Felipe; Echeverry-Bocanegra, Andrea; Viáfara-Vega, Ronald; Hernández-Córdoba, Oscar; Cardona-Botero, Victoria E.; Gutiérrez-Zúñiga, Jaime; Castro-Herrera, Fernando (2014). "Conservation status of the herpetofauna, protected areas, and current problems in Valle del Cauca, Colombia". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8 (2) [Special Section]: 1-18; S1-S24 (e87). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).


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