Caparaonia
Appearance
Caparaonia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
Genus: | Caparaonia Rodrigues, Cassimiro, Pavan, Curcio, Verdade, & Machado Pellegrino, 2009 |
Species: | C. itaiquara
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Binomial name | |
Caparaonia itaiquara Rodrigues, Cassimiro, Pavan, Curcio, Kruth Verdade, & Machado Pellegrino, 2009
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Caparaonia is a genus of the lizard in family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is monotypic, i.e. it has only one species, Caparaonia itaiquara.[2] It is endemic to Brazil and is known from the Caparaó National Park on the border between Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo states.[3]
References
- ^ Colli, G.R., Fenker, J., Tedeschi, L., Bataus, Y.S.L., Uhlig, V.M., Lima, A., Nogueira, C. de C., Borges-Nojosa, D.M., Costa, G.C., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Silva, J.R.S., Viñas, L.V., Ribeiro Junior, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S.T., Almeida-Santos, P., Valadão, R., de Oliveira, R.B., Avila-Pires, T.C.S., Ferreira, V.L. & de Menezes, V.A. 2019. Caparaonia itaiquara. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T134879285A135334075. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T134879285A135334075.pt. Downloaded on 19 July 2019.
- ^ Caparaonia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2018.
- ^ Caparaonia itaiquara at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2018.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Gymnophthalmidae
- Monotypic lizard genera
- Endemic fauna of Brazil
- Reptiles of Brazil
- Taxa named by Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues
- Taxa named by José Cassimiro
- Taxa named by Dante Pavan
- Taxa named by Felipe F. Curcio
- Taxa named by Vanessa Kruth Verdade
- Taxa named by Kátia Cristina Machado Pellegrino
- Lizard stubs