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Yanomamia hoogmoedi

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Species of lizard

Yanomamia hoogmoedi
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Yanomamia
Species: Y. hoogmoedi
Binomial name
Yanomamia hoogmoedi
(Kok, 2008)
Synonyms
  • Arthrosaura hoogmoedi
    Kok, 2008
  • Loxopholis hoogmoedi
    — Goicoechea et al., 2016
  • Yanomamia hoogmoedi
    — Pellegrino et al., 2018

Yanomamia hoogmoedi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Guyana.

Etymology

The specific name, hoogmoedi, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Marinus Steven Hoogmoed.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Y. hoogmoedi is forest, at altitudes around 2,100 m (6,900 ft).

Reproduction

Y. hoogmoedi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Hoogmoed M, Ouboter P (2016). "Arthrosaura hoogmoedi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44578302A44578304. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578302A44578304.en. Downloaded on 08 August 2019.
  2. ^ Yanomamia hoogmoedi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 August 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. (Arthrosaura hoogmoedi, p. 125).

Further reading

  • Goicoechea N, Frost DR, De la Riva I, Pellegrino KCM, Sites J Jr, Rodrigues MT, Padial JM (2016). "Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment". Cladistics 32 (6): 624–671. (Loxopholis hoogmoedi, new combination).
  • Kok PJR (2008). "A new highland species of Arthrosaura Boulenger, 1885 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Maringma tepui on the border of Guyana and Brazil". Zootaxa 1909: 1–15. (Arthrosaura hoogmoedi, new species).
  • Pellegrino KCM, Brunes TO, Souza SM, Laguna MM, Avila-Pires TCS, Hoogmoed MS, Rodrigues MT (2018). "On the distinctivness of Amapasaurus, its relationship with Loxopholis Cope 1869, and description of a new genus for L. guianensis and L. hoogmoedi (Gymnophthalmoidea/Ecpleopodini: Squamata)". Zootaxa 4441 (2): 332–346. (Yanomamia hoogmoedi, new combination).


Taxon identifiers
Arthrosaura hoogmoedi


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