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Alopoglossus lehmanni

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Species of lizard

Alopoglossus lehmanni
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Alopoglossidae
Genus: Alopoglossus
Species: A. lehmanni
Binomial name
Alopoglossus lehmanni
Ayala & Harris, 1984

Alopoglossus lehmanni is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is endemic to Colombia.

Etymology

The specific name, lehmanni, is in honor of Colombian biologist Federico Carlos Lehmann-Valencia.

Geographic range

A. lehmanni is found in western Colombia, in Valle del Cauca Department.

Habitat

The natural habitat of A. lehmanni is forest. The holotype was collected at an elevation of 30 m (98 ft).

Reproduction

A. lehmanni is oviparous.

References

  1. Velasco J, Bolívar W, Gutiérrez-Cárdenas P (2019). "Alopoglossus lehmanni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44578120A44578123. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44578120A44578123.en. Downloaded on 07 May 2020.
  2. 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. (Alopoglossus lehmanni, p. 154).
  3. ^ Alopoglossus lehmanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.

Further reading

  • Ayala SC, Harris DM (1984). "A New Microteiid Lizard (Alopoglossus) from the Pacific Rainforest of Colombia". Herpetologica 40 (2): 154–158. (Alopoglossus lehmanni, new species).
  • Köhler G, Diethert H-H, Veselý M (2012). "A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Lizard Genus Alopoglossus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)". Herpetological Monographs 26 (1): 173–188. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
  • Valencia-Zuleta, Alejandro; Jaramillo-Martínez, Andrés Felipe; Echeverry-Bocanegra, Andrea; Viáfara-Vega, Ronald; Hernández-Córdoba, Oscar; Cardona-Botero, Victoria E.; Gutiérrez-Zúñiga, Jaime; Castro-Herrera, Fernando (2014). "Conservation status of the herpetofauna, protected areas, and current problems in Valle del Cauca, Colombia". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8 (2) : 1–18; S1-S24 (e87). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).


Taxon identifiers
Alopoglossus lehmanni


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