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Alopoglossus kugleri

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Species of lizard

Alopoglossus kugleri
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Alopoglossidae
Genus: Alopoglossus
Species: A. kugleri
Binomial name
Alopoglossus kugleri
(Roux, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Ptychoglossus kugleri
    Roux, 1927

Alopoglossus kugleri, also known commonly as Kugler's largescale lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.

Etymology

The specific name, kugleri, is in honor of Swiss geologist Hans Gottfried Kugler.

Description

Dorsally, A. kugleri is black. Ventrally, it is brick red.

Geographic range

A. kugleri is found in northwestern Venezuela, in the states of Aragua, Carabobo, and Falcón.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. kugleri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).

References

  1. ^ Rivas G, Schargel W (2016). "Ptychoglossus kugleri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203065A2759752. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203065A2759752.en. Downloaded on 05 October 2019.
  2. ^ Alopoglossus kugleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ptychoglossus kugleri, p. 147).

Further reading

  • Harris DM (1994). "Review of the Teiid Lizard Genus Ptychoglossus ". Herpetological Monographs 8: 226–275. (Ptychoglossus kugleri, p. 248).
  • Hernández Morales C, Sturaro MJ, Nunes PMS, Lotzkat S, Peloso PLV (2020). "A species-level total evidence phylogeny of the microteiid lizard family Alopoglossidae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea)". Cladistics 33 (3): 301–321. (Alopoglossus kugleri, new combination, Table 5).
  • Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211 (1): 1–64. (Ptychoglossus kugleri). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
  • Roux J (1927). "Contribution à l'erpétologie du Vénézuéla". Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 38: 252–261. (Ptychoglossus kugleri, new species). (in French).


Taxon identifiers
Ptychoglossus kugleri


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