Colobodactylus

Colobodactylus (common name: Amaral's teiids) is a small genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to Brazil.[1][2]

Colobodactylus
Colobodactylus taunayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Colobodactylus
Amaral, 1933

Species

There are two species in the genus Colobodactylus.[1]

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]

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References
  1. Colobodactylus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 March 2014.
  2. "Colobodactylus — Amaral's Teiids". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  3. "Colobodactylus darcyanus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile database.org.
  4. 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; Colobodactylus taunayi, p. 261).

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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