| Anadia hobarti | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Anadia |
| Species: | A. hobarti |
| Binomial name | |
| Anadia hobarti La Marca & García-Pérez, 1990 | |
Anadia hobarti, also known commonly as Hobart's anadia, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.
Etymology
The specific name, hobarti, is in honor of American herpetologist Hobart Muir Smith.
Geographic range
A. hobarti is found in northwestern Venezuela, in the Venezuelan state of Trujillo.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of A. hobarti are grassland and forest, at an altitude of 2,625 m (8,612 ft).
Reproduction
A. hobarti is oviparous. Females lay eggs in communal nests.
References
- ^ Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2019). "Anadia hobarti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T44578192A44578196. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44578192A44578196.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Anadia hobarti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anadia hobarti, p. 124).
Further reading
- La Marca E, García-Pérez JE (1990). "A New Species of High Andean Anadia (Sauria: Teiidae) from Paramo el Riecito, Estado Trujillo, Venezuela". Herpetologica 46 (3): 275–282. (Anadia hobarti, new species).
- 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.
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| Anadia hobarti | |
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