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Echinosaura orcesi

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Species of lizard

Echinosaura orcesi
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Echinosaura
Species: E. orcesi
Binomial name
Echinosaura orcesi
Fritts, Almendáriz, & Samec, 2002

Echinosaura orcesi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to northwestern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, orcesi, is in honor of Ecuadorian herpetologist Gustavo Orcés.

Geographic range

E. orcesi is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

Habitat

The natural habitats of E. orcesi are forest and wetland.

Reproduction

E. orcesi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Bolívar W, Velasco J, Cisneros-Heredia DF (2015). "Echinosaura orcesi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44578593A115386279. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44578593A44578596.en. Downloaded on 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ Fritts, Thomas H.; Almendáriz, Ana & Samec, Sissi (2002). "A new species of Echinosaura (Gymnophthalmidae) from Ecuador and Colombia with comments on other members of the genus and Teuchocercus keyi". Journal of Herpetology. 36 (3): 349–355. doi:10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0349:ANSOEG]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1566177. S2CID 53526950. (Echinosaura orcesi, new species)
  3. ^ Echinosaura orcesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 July 2019.
  4. 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. (Echinosaura orcesi, p. 195).

Further reading

  • Castro-Herrera, Fernando; Vargas-Salinas, Fernando (2008). "Anfibios y reptiles en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia ". Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 251–277. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
  • Valencia-Zuleta, Alejandro; Jaramillo-Martínez, Andrés Felipe; Echeverry-Bocanegra, Andrea; Viáfara-Vega, Ronald; Hernández-Córdoba, Oscar; Cardona-Botero, Victoria E.; Gutiérrez-Zúñiga, Jaime; Castro-Herrera, Fernando (2014). "Conservation status of the herpetofauna, protected areas, and current problems in Valle del Cauca, Colombia". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8 (2) : 1–18; S1-S24 (e87). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
Taxon identifiers
Echinosaura orcesi


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