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Species of lizard

Anadia blakei
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Anadia
Species: A. blakei
Binomial name
Anadia blakei
Schmidt, 1932

Anadia blakei, also known commonly as Blake's anadia, is an endangered species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.

Etymology

A. blakei is named after American ornithologist Emmet "Bob" Reid Blake (1908–1997).

Geographic range

A. blakei is found in the Venezuelan state of Sucre.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. blakei is forest, at altitudes of 900–1,830 m (2,950–6,000 ft).

Description

A. blakei has 28 scales around the body at midbody. It is uniformly brown dorsally, and paler ventrally. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9 cm (3.5 in), and a broken, incomplete tail.

Diet

A. blakei preys upon insects, insect larvae, and slugs.

Reproduction

A. blakei is oviparous.

Conservation status

A. blakei is considered "Endangered" because of its small geographic range, and because of ongoing habitat loss from agricultural expansion and construction of roads and communication antennae.

References

  1. ^ Schargel W, Rivas G (2017). "Anadia blakei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44578138A44578142. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44578138A44578142.en. Downloaded on 6 July 2019.
  2. ^ Anadia blakei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anadia blakei, p. 26).
  4. Schmidt (1932).

Further reading

  • Myers CW, Rivas Fuenmayor G, Jadin RC (2009). "New Species of Lizards from Auyantepui and La Escalera in the Venezuelan Guayana, with Notes on "Microteiid" Hemipenes (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)". American Museum Novitates (3660): 1–31. (Anadia blakei, pp. 19–24, Figures 12–14, Table 3). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
  • 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.
  • Schmidt KP (1932). "Reptiles and Amphibians of the Mandel Venezuelan Expedition". Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 18 (7): 159–163. (Anadia blakei, new species, pp. 161–162).
Taxon identifiers
Anadia blakei


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