Stenolepis
| Stenolepis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Subfamily: | Gymnophthalminae |
| Genus: | Stenolepis Boulenger, 1887 |
| Species: | S. ridleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenolepis ridleyi Boulenger, 1887 | |
Stenolepis is a genus of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae, a family commonly known as microteiids or spectacled lizards. The genus Stenolepis contains a single species, Stenolepis ridleyi, commonly known as the Pernambuco teiid. The species is endemic to Brazil, and the common name refers to its type locality in Pernambuco state in northeast Brazil.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, ridleyi, is in honor of British botanist Henry Nicholas Ridley.[2]
References
- ↑ Stenolepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ 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. (Stenolepis ridleyi, p. 221).
Further reading
- Boulenger, G.A. (1887). "Description of a new Genus of Lizards of the Family Teiidæ". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1887: 640-642. (Stenolepis, new genus, p. 640; S. ridleyi, new species, pp. 640-642, Figures a-d).
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