Colobodactylus dalcyanus

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Colobodactylus dalcyanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Colobodactylus
Species:
C. dalcyanus
Binomial name
Colobodactylus dalcyanus

Colobodactylus dalcyanus, also known commonly as Vanzolini's teiid, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

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The specific name, dalcyanus, is in honor of Brazilian entomologist Dalcy de Oliveira Albuquerque (1902–1982).[2][3]

Geographic range

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C. dalcyanus is found in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.[2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitats of C. dalcyanus are forest and rocky areas.[1]

Reproduction

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C. dalcyanus is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Silveira, A.L.; da Rocha, C.F.D.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Werneck, F.P.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Winck, G.; Ribeiro Júnior, M.A.; Kiefer, M.; de Freitas, M.A.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Tinôco, M.S.; Valadão, R.; Cardoso Vieira, R.; Perez Maciel, R.; Gomes Faria, R.; Recoder, R.; Ávila, R.W.; Torquato da Silva, S.; de Barcelos Ribeiro, S.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S. (2021). "Colobodactylus dalcyanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T178724A159253476. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T178724A159253476.pt.
  2. ^ a b c d Colobodactylus dalcyanus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 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. ("Albuquerque", p. 4).

Further reading

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  • Bernardo PH, Guerra-Fuentes RA, Zaher H (2011). "Colobodactylus dalcyanus (NCN): Reproduction". Herpetological Bulletin (118): 36–38.
  • Bernardo PH, Junqueira AFB, Martins IA (2011). "A new geographic distribution record of the rare lizard Colobodactylus dalcyanus Vanzolini and Ramos, 1977 (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae, Heterodactylini)". Herpetology Notes 4: 327–329.
  • Vanzolini P, Ramos AMM (1977). "A new species of Colobodactylus, with notes on the distribution of a group of stranded microteiid lizards (Sauria, Teiidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 31 (3): 19–47. (Colobodactylus darcyanus, new species).



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