Species of lizard
Anadia steyeri, also known commonly as Steyer's anadia, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Venezuela.
Etymology
The specific name, steyeri, is in honor of a Dr. Steyer of the Naturhistorisches Museum in Lübeck, Germany.[3]
Geographic range
A. steyeri is found in northwestern Venezuela, in the Venezuelan states of Aragua, Carabobo, and Falcón.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. steyeri is forest, at altitudes of 400–700 m (1,300–2,300 ft).[1]
Reproduction
A. steyeri is oviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Anadia steyeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44578273A44578277. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578273A44578277.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Anadia steyeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 July 2019.
- ^ 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. (Anadia steyeri, p. 254).
Further reading
- Nieden F (1914). "Beschreibung einer neuen Tejiden-Art nebst Bemerkungen über einige Kriechtiere des Naturhistorischen Museums in Lübeck ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1914: 364–367. (Anadia steyeri, new species, pp. 365–366). (in German).
- Rivas GA, Sales Nunes PM, Dixon JR, Schargel WE, Caicedo JR, Barros TR, Camargo EG, Barrio-Amorós CL (2012). "Taxonomy, Hemipenial Morphology, and Natural History of Two Poorly Known Species of Anadia (Gymnophthalmidae) from Northern South America". Journal of Herpetology 46 (1): 33–40. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
