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Alopoglossus gorgonae

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Alopoglossus gorgonae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Alopoglossidae
Genus: Alopoglossus
Species:
A. gorgonae
Binomial name
Alopoglossus gorgonae
Harris, 1994
Synonyms[2]
  • Ptychoglossus gorgonae
    Harris, 1994
  • Alopoglossus gorgonae
    Hernández-Morales et al., 2020

Alopoglossus gorgonae is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.[2]

Etymology

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The specific name, gorgonae, refers to the type locality, Gorgona Island, Colombia.[3]

Geographic range

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A. gorgonae is found in southwestern Colombia and adjacent northwestern Ecuador.[1][2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of A. gorgonae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]

Reproduction

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A. gorgonae is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gutiérrez-Cárdenas P, Caicedo J, Rivas G, Cisneros-Heredia DF (2019). "Ptychoglossus gorgonae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T29410A44946736. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T29410A44946736.en. Downloaded on 05 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Alopoglossus gorgonae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.
  3. ^ 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. (Ptychoglossus gorgonae, p. 104).

Further reading

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  • Castro-Herrera, Fernando; Valencia-Aguilar, Anyelet, Villaquirán-Martínez, Diego F. (2012). Diversidad de Anfibios y Reptiles del Parque Nacional Gorgona: Herpetofauna de la isla Gorgona en el Pacífico colombiano, Legado de la naturaleza que se atrapó en este refugio de vida. Cali: Laboratorio de Herpetología, Deparamento de Biología, Universidad del Valle. 112 pp. ISBN 978-958-46-0094-3. (Ptychoglossus gorgonae).
  • Harris DM (1994). "A Review of the Teiid Lizard Genus Ptychoglossus ". Herpetological Monographs 8: 226–275. (Ptychoglossus gorgonae, new species, p. 244).
  • Hernández-Morales C, Sturaro MJ, Nunes PMS, Lotzkat S, Peloso PL (2020). "A species-level total evidence phylogeny of the microteiid lizard family Alopoglossidae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea)". Cladistics 36 (3): 301–321. (Alopoglossus gorgonae, new combination).
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D (2019). "Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1) [General Section]: 209–229 (e178). (Ptychoglossus gorgonae).