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Species of lizard

Holcosus bridgesii
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Genus: Holcosus
Species: H. bridgesii
Binomial name
Holcosus bridgesii
Cope, 1869
Synonyms
  • Holcosus bridgesii
    Cope, 1869
  • Ameiva bridgesii
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Holcosus bridgesii
    — Harvey et al., 2012

Holcosus bridgesii, also known commonly as Bridges's ameiva , is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, bridgesii, is in honor of American chemistry professor Robert Bridges (1806–1882).

Geographic range

H. bridgesii is found in southern Colombia (Nariño Department and Gorgona Island) and northwestern Ecuador (Carchi Province and Esmeraldas Province).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. bridgesii is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,200 m (3,900 ft).

Description

H. bridgesii may attain a snout-to-vent length of 12 cm (4.7 in), and a total length (including tail) of 44 cm (17 in).

Reproduction

H. bridgesii is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Cisneros-Heredia D, Brito J, Yánez-Muñoz M (2017). "Holcosus bridgesii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44579564A44579573. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44579564A44579573.en. Downloaded on 30 June 2019.
  2. ^ Holcosus bridgesii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 June 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. (Ameiva bridgesii, p. 39).
  4. Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Ameiva bridgesii, new combination, pp. 345–346).

Further reading

  • Cope ED (1869) ("1868"). "Sixth Contribution to the Herpetology of South America". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia : 305–313. (Holcosus bridgesii, new species, pp. 306–307).
  • Harvey MB, Ugueto GN, Gutberlet RL (2012). "Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)". Zootaxa 3459: 1–156.
  • Peters JA (1964). "The lizard genus Ameiva in Ecuador". Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 63 (3): 113–127. (Ameiva bridgesii, pp. 117–122, Figures 1B & 2B).
  • Pinto-Erazo MA, Calderón-Espinosa ML, Medina-Rangel GF, Méndez-Galeano MA (2020). "Herpetofauna from two municipalities of southwestern Colombia". Biota Colombiana 21: 41–56.


Taxon identifiers
Holcosus bridgesii


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