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Arthrosaura kockii

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Species of lizard

Arthrosaura kockii
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: Arthrosaura
Species: A. kockii
Binomial name
Arthrosaura kockii
(Lidth de Jeude, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Prionodactylus kockii
    Lidth de Jeude, 1904
  • Arthrosaura dorsistriata
    L. Müller, 1923

Arthrosaura kockii is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to northeastern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, kockii, is in honor of Dutch physician P.J. de Kock who collected natural history specimens in Suriname.

Description

Dorsally, A. kockii is dark brown, with a wide tan vertebral stripe. Ventrally, it is cream-colored.

Geographic range

A. kockii is found in Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname.

Habitat

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

Reproduction

A. kockii is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Doan, T.M.; Ouboter, P. (2019). "Arthrosaura kockii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T178702A66750072. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178702A66750072.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Arthrosaura kockii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 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. (Arthrosaura kockii, p. 144).
  4. Lidth de Jeude (1904).

Further reading

  • Ávila-Pires TCS (1995). "Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoologische Mededelingen 299: 1–706.
  • Brongersma LD (1932). "Notes on the Species of Arthrosaura Blgr. (Teiidae)". Zool. Mededel. 15 (1–2): 76–88. (Arthrosaura kockii, p. 85).
  • Hoogmoed MS, Ávila-Pires TCS (1992). "Studies on the species of the South American lizard species Arthrosaura Boulenger (Reptilia: Sauria: Teiidae), with the resurrection of two species". Zool. Mededel. 66: 453–484.
  • Lidth de Juede TW (1904). "Reptiles and Batrachians from Surinam ". Notes from the Leyden Museum 25: 83–94. (Prionodactylus kockii, new species, pp. 91–92 + Plate 7, figures 3–4).


Taxon identifiers
Arthrosaura kockii


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