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Anadia ocellata

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Species of lizard

Anadia ocellata
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Anadia
Species: A. ocellata
Binomial name
Anadia ocellata
Gray, 1845
Synonyms
  • Anadia ocellata
    Gray, 1845
  • Ecleopus (Euspondylus) ocellatus
    — W. Peters, 1862
  • Chalcidolepis metallicus
    Cope, 1875
  • Leposoma ocellatum
    — Cope, 1885
  • Anadia metallica
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Anadia ocellata
    — J. Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970

Anadia ocellata, commonly known as the ocellated anadia or ocellated bromeliad lizard , is a species of lizard endemic to the Americas.

Description

A. ocellata is a small and slender lizard. Its body is cylindrical with a long tail that is very sensitive and quickly subject to autotomy when in danger or when manipulated inadequately.

Geographic range

A. ocellata is distributed from Costa Rica to Ecuador.

Habitat and behavior

A. ocellata is rather unusual for a lizard in that it has frequently been found in, or close to, bromeliads. Thus its habits are considered arboreal, which would account for its scarceness.

References

  1. Batista, A.; García Rodríguez, A.; Saborío, G.; Vargas Álvarez, J.; Acosta Chaves, V.; Arredondo, J.C. (2016). "Anadia ocellata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T203048A2759434. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203048A2759434.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. "Anadia ocellata ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ "Anadia ocellata ". Atta, INBio Archived July 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Biodiversity of Costa Rica.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Anadia ocellata, pp. 398–399, description of holotype; and A. metallica, p. 400).
  • Gray JE. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Anadia ocellata, new species, p. 58).
Taxon identifiers
Anadia ocellata


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