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Arthrosaura versteegii

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Species of lizard

Arthrosaura versteegii
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. versteegii
Binomial name
Arthrosaura versteegii
Lidth de Jeude, 1904
Synonyms
  • Arthrosaura versteegii
    Lidth de Jeude, 1904
  • Artheosaura reticulata versteegii
    — Cunha, 1961
  • Arthrosaura versteegii
    — Cunha, 1967

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

Etymology

The specific name, versteegii, is in honor of Gerard Martinus Versteeg (1876–1943), who was a Dutch physician and explorer.

Geographic range

A. versteegii is found in Brazil (Amazonas), French Guiana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. versteegii are forest and savanna, at altitudes of 100–1,400 m (330–4,590 ft).

Reproduction

A. versteegii is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Ouboter, P. (2016). "Arthrosaura versteegii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44578365A44578368. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578365A44578368.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Arthrosaura versteegii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 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. (Arthrosaura versteegii, p. 274).

Further reading

  • Ávila-Pires TCS, Hoogmoed MS, Silva MB (2018). "First records in Brazil for Arthrosaura versteegii van Lidth de Jeude, 1904 (Reptilia, Gymnophthalmidae), a possible species complex, and distribution extension for Arthrosaura montigena Myers & Donnelly, 2008, in Venezuela". Check List 14 (4): 569–577.
  • Hoogmoed MS, Ávila-Pires TCS (1992). "Studies on the species of the South American lizard genus Arthrosaura Boulenger (Reptilia: Sauria: Teiidae), with the resurrection of two species ". Zoologische Mededelingen 66: 453–484.
  • Lidth de Jeude TW (1904). "Reptiles and Batrachians from Surinam". Notes from the Leyden Museum 25: 83–94 + Plate 7. (Arthrosaura versteegii, new species, pp. 89–91 + Plate 7, figures 5–6).
Taxon identifiers
Arthrosaura versteegii


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