Andinosaura petrorum
Andinosaura petrorum is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Ecuador.
| Andinosaura petrorum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Andinosaura |
| Species: | A. petrorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Andinosaura petrorum (Kizirian, 1996) | |
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Etymology
The specific name, petrorum (masculine genitive plural), is in honor of three men named Peters or Peter: German zoologist Wilhelm Peters, American herpetologist James A. Peters, and American herpetologist Peter D. Spoecker.[2][3]
Reproduction
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References
- Cisneros-Heredia DF (2011). "Riama petrorum ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T178746A7607726. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T178746A7607726.en. Downloaded on 10 July 2019.
- Andinosaura petrorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.
- 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. (Riama petrorum, p. 204).
Further reading
- Doan TM, Castoe TA (2005). "Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cercosaurini (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with new genera for species of Neusticurus and Proctoporus ". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 405–416. (Riama petrorum, new combination).
- Kizirian, David A. (1996). "A Review of Ecuadorian Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with Descriptions of Nine New Species". Herpetological Monographs 10: 85-155. (Proctoporus petrorum, new species).
- Sánchez-Pacheco SJ, Torres-Carvajal O, Aguirre-Peñafiel V, Sales Nunes PM, Verrastro L, Rivas GA, Rodrigues MT, Grant T, Murphy RW (2017). "Phylogeny of Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), impact of phenotypic evidence on molecular datasets, and the origin of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta endemic fauna". Cladistics 34 (3): 260–291. (Andinosaura petrorum, new combination).
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