| Riolama uzzelli | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Riolama |
| Species: | R. uzzelli |
| Binomial name | |
| Riolama uzzelli C. Molina & Señaris, 2003 | |
Riolama uzzelli is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.
Etymology
The specific name, uzzelli, is in honor of American Herpetologist Thomas Marshall Uzzell, Jr. (born 1932).
Geographic range
R. uzzelli is found in the Venezuelan state of Amazonas.
Habitat
The natural habitat of R. uzzelli is the summit of a tepui, at altitudes of 1,850–2,600 m (6,070–8,530 ft).
Reproduction
R. uzzelli is oviparous.
References
- ^ Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Riolama uzzelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T67657406A67657410. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67657406A67657410.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Riolama uzzelli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 August 2019.
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Riolama uzzelli, p. 270).
Further reading
- Molina C, Seňaris JC (2003). "Una nueva especie del genero Riolama (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae) de las tierras altas del Estado Amazonas, Venezuela". Memoria de la Fundación la Salle de Ciencias Naturales 61 (155): 5–19. (Riolama uzzelli, new species). (in Spanish).
- Recoder R, Prates I, Marques-Souza S, Camacho A, Sales Nunes PM, Dal Vechio F, Ghellere JM, McDiarmid RW (2020). "Lizards from the Lost World: two new species and evolutionary relationships of the Pantepui highland Riolama (Gymnophthalmidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190 (1): 271–297.
- Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
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