Ecpleopus

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Ecpleopus is a genus of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus contains only one species, Ecpleopus gaudichaudii, which is endemic to Brazil.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, gaudichaudii, is in honor of French botanist Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré.[2]

Geographic range

E. gaudichaudii is found in the Atlantic Forest in the Brazilian states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. gaudichaudii is forest, where it lives in the leaf litter on the forest floor.[3]

Description

E. gaudichaudii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about Template:Cvt. Its legs are short, and its tail is laterally compressed.[3]

Diet

E. gaudichaudii preys upon small invertebrates such as termites, orthopterans, and spiders.[3]

Reproduction

E. gaudichaudii is oviparous.[1]

References

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Further reading

  • 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. (Genus Ecpleopus, p. 401; species E. gaudichaudii, p. 401).
  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Ecpleopus, new genus, pp. 434–436; Ecpleopus gaudichaudii, new species, pp. 436–438). (in French).
  • Uzzell, Thomas (1969). "The Status of the Genera Ecpleopus, Arthroseps, and Aspidolaemus (Sauria, Teiidae)". Postilla (135): 1-23.


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  1. ↑ a b Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named RDB
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Ecpleopus gaudichaudii, p. 99).
  3. ↑ a b c d Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named iucn status 18 November 2021
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