Anadia (lizard)
Appearance
Anadia | |
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Anadia rhombifera | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
Subfamily: | Cercosaurinae |
Tribe: | Cercosaurini |
Genus: | Anadia Gray, 1845[1] |
Species | |
19 species (see text) |
Anadia is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The genus is endemic to southern Central America and northern South America.[2][3]
Species
[edit]The following species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Anadia altaserrania Harris & Ayala, 1987
- Anadia bitaeniata Boulenger, 1903 – two-banded anadia
- Anadia blakei K.P. Schmidt, 1932 – Blake's anadia
- Anadia bogotensis (W. Peters, 1863) – Bogota anadia
- Anadia brevifrontalis (Boulenger, 1903) – shorthead anadia
- Anadia buenaventura Betancourt, Reyes-Puig, Lobos, Yánez-Muñoz & Torres-Carvajal, 2018
- Anadia bumanguesa Rueda-Almonacid & Caicedo, 2004
- Anadia escalerae Myers, Rivas & Jadin, 2009
- Anadia hobarti La Marca & García-Pérez, 1990 – Hobart's anadia
- Anadia hollandi Amezquita, Daza, Barragan-Contreras, Orejuela, Baarientos, & Mazariegos, 2022
- Anadia marmorata (Gray, 1846) – spotted anadia
- Anadia ocellata Gray, 1845 – ocellated anadia
- Anadia pamplonensis Dunn, 1944 – Pamplona anadia
- Anadia pariaensis Rivas, La Marca & Oliveros, 1999
- Anadia petersi Oftedal, 1974 – Peters' anadia
- Anadia pulchella Ruthven, 1926 – Ruthven's anadia
- Anadia rhombifera (Günther, 1859) – rhombifer anadia
- Anadia steyeri Nieden, 1914 – Steyer's anadia
- Anadia vittata Boulenger, 1913 – Boulenger's anadia
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Anadia.
References
[edit]- ^ "Anadia Gray, 1845". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ a b c Anadia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 August 2020.
- ^ Kok, P. J. R.; Means, D. B. & Rivas, G. A. "First record of the genus Anadia (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from Guyana based on an enigmatic specimen from Mount Kopinang, Wokomung Massif" (PDF). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. 8 (1): 27–39. doi:10.46357/bcnaturais.v8i1.579.
Further reading
[edit]- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ, Xenosauridæ, Zonuridæ, Anguidæ, Anniellidæ, Heldermatidæ, Varanidæ, Xantusiidæ, Teiidæ, Amphisbænidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Anadia, p. 398).
- Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Anadia, new genus, p. 58).