Loxopholis snethlageae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Loxopholis |
| Species: | L. snethlageae
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| Binomial name | |
| Loxopholis snethlageae (Ávila-Pires, 1995)
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Loxopholis snethlageae is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[1] The species is endemic to Brazil.
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, snethlageae, is in honor of German-Brazilian ornithologist Emilie Snethlage.[2]
Geographic range[edit]
L. snethlageae is found in the drainage basins of the Solimões River and the Urucu River, in the southwestern part of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, in northwestern Brazil.[1][3]
Reproduction[edit]
L. snethlageae is oviparous.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Loxopholis snethlageae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 July 2019.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leposoma snethlageae, p. 248).
- ^ Ávila-Pires TCS (1995).
Further reading[edit]
- Ávila-Pires TCS (1995). "Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 299: 1–706. (Leposoma snethlageae, new species, pp. 411–415, Figures 142a–142c). (in English, with abstracts in Portuguese and Spanish).
- Goicoechea N, Frost DR, De la Riva I, Pelligrino KCM, Sites J Jr, Rodrigues MT, Padial JM (2016). "Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment". Cladistics 32 (6): 624–671. (Loxopholis snethlageae, new combination, p. 670).
- Ribeiro-Júnior MA, Amaral S (2016). "Diversity, distribution, and conservation of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) in the Brazilian Amazonia". Neotropical Diversity 2 (1): 195–421. (Leposoma snethlageae).
- Ribeiro-Júnior MA, Amaral S (2017). "Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae". Zootaxa 4269 (2): 151–196.
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