Colobodactylus
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Colobodactylus (common name: Amaral's teiids) is a small genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to Brazil.[1][2]
Species
There are two species in the genus Colobodactylus.[1]
- Colobodactylus dalcyanus Vanzolini & Ramos, 1977Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Vanzolini's teiid
- Colobodactylus taunayi Amaral, 1933Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Taunay teiid
Etymology
The specific name, dalcyanus, is in honor of Brazilian entomologist Dalcy de Oliveira Albuquerque (1902–1982).[3][4]
The specific name, taunayi, is in honor of Brazilian historian Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay (1876–1958).[4]
References
Further reading
- Amaral A (1933). "Estudos sobre Lacertilios neotropicos. I. Novos generos e especies de lagartos do Brasil ". Memorias do Instituto Butantan 7: 51–75. (Colobodactylus, new genus, p. 70; Colobodactylus taunayi, new species, pp. 70–71). (in Portuguese).
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- ↑ "Colobodactylus darcyanus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile database.org.
- ↑ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. ("Albuquerque", p. 4; Colobodactylus taunayi, p. 261).