Colobodactylus taunayi

Colobodactylus taunayi, also known commonly as the Taunay teiid or Taunay's teiid, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.

Colobodactylus taunayi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Colobodactylus
Species:	C. taunayi
Binomial name
Colobodactylus taunayi Amaral, 1933

Etymology

The specific name, taunayi, is in honor of Brazilian historian Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay.[3]

Geographic range

C. taunayi occurs in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. taunayi is forest.[1]

Reproduction

C. taunayi is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Colli GR, Fenker J, Tedeschi L, Bataus YSL, Uhlig VM, Lima A, Nogueira CC, Borges-Nojosa DM, Costa GC, de Moura GJB, Winck G, Silva JRS, Viñas LV, Ribeiro Junior MA, Hoogmoed MS, Tinôco MST, Almeida-Santos P, Valadão R, de Oliveira RB, Avila-Pires TCS, Ferreira VL, de Menezes VA (2019). "Colobodactylus taunayi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T134881188A135333457. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T134881188A135333457.pt. Downloaded on 22 July 2019.
2. Colobodactylus taunayi 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. (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 taunayi, new species, pp. 70–71). (in Portuguese).