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Alopoglossus gorgonae

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Species of lizard

Alopoglossus gorgonae
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
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
  • 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.

Etymology

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

Geographic range

A. gorgonae is found in southwestern Colombia and adjacent northwestern Ecuador.

Habitat

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

Reproduction

A. gorgonae is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ 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

  • 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) : 209–229 (e178). (Ptychoglossus gorgonae).
Taxon identifiers
Ptychoglossus gorgonae


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