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.

Colobodactylus dalcyanus

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Colobodactylus
Species:
C. dalcyanus
Binomial name
Colobodactylus dalcyanus
Vanzolini & Ramos, 1977

Etymology

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

Geographic range

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

Habitat

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

Reproduction

C. dalcyanus is oviparous.[2]

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References
  1. Doan TM (2010). "Colobodactylus dalcyanus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178724A7603455. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178724A7603455.en. Downloaded on 22 July 2019.
  2. 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
  • 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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