Neusticurus racenisi

Neusticurus racenisi, known commonly as Roze's neusticurus or the common Venezuelan water teiid, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.

Neusticurus racenisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Neusticurus
Species:
N. racenisi
Binomial name
Neusticurus racenisi
Roze, 1958

Etymology

The specific name, racenisi, is in honor of Latvian-born Venezuelan entomologist Janis Racenis (1915–1980).[2]

Geographic range

N. racenisi is found in northern Brazil and adjacent Venezuela.[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of N. racenisi are forest and wetlands at altitudes of 100–1,215 m (328–3,986 ft).[1]

Reproduction

N. racenisi is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Rivas G, Schargel W (2019). "Neusticurus racenisi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44578658A44578664. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44578658A44578664.en. Downloaded on 30 July 2019.
  2. 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. (Neusticurus racenisi, p. 215).
  3. Neusticurus racenisi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 July 2019.

Further reading
  • Ribeiro-Júnior MA, Amaral S (2017). "Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae". Zootaxa 4269 (2): 151–196.
  • Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1-64.
  • Roze J (1958). Resultados zoologicos de la expedicion de la Universidad Central de Venezuela a la region del Auyantepui en la Guayana Venezolana, Abril de 1956. 5. Los reptiles de Auyantepui, Venezuela, basendose en las colecciones de las expediciones de Phelps-Tate ". Acta Biologica Venezuelica 2: 243–270. (Neusticurus racenisi, new species, p. 2520. (in Spanish).



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