Anadia (lizard)
Appearance
Anadia | |
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Anadia ocellata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
Subfamily: | Cercosaurinae |
Tribe: | Cercosaurini |
Genus: | Anadia Gray, 1845[1] |
Anadia is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[1] The genus is endemic to southern Central America and northern South America.[2]
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Anadia altaserrania Harris & Ayala, 1987
- Anadia antioquensis Arredondo, 2013
- Anadia bitaeniata Boulenger, 1903 - two-banded anadia
- Anadia blakei K.P. Schmidt, 1932 - Blake's anadia
- Anadia bogotensis (W. Peters, 1863) - Bogota anadia
- Anadia brevifrontalis (Boulenger, 1903) - shorthead anadia
- Anadia buenaventura Betancourt, Reyes-Puig, Lobos, Yanez-Munoz, & Torres-Carvajal, 2018
- Anadia bumanguesa Rueda-Almonacid & Caicedo, 2004
- Anadia escalerae Myers, Rivas & Jadin, 2009
- Anadia hobarti La Marca & García-Pérez, 1990 - Hobart's anadia
- Anadia marmorata (Gray, 1846) - spotted anadia
- Anadia ocellata Gray, 1845 - ocellated anadia
- Anadia pamplonensis Dunn, 1944 - Pamplona anadia
- Anadia pariaensis Rivas, La Marca & Oliveros, 1999
- Anadia petersi Oftedal, 1974 - Peters's anadia
- Anadia pulchella Ruthven, 1926 - Ruthven's anadia
- Anadia rhombifera (Günther, 1859) - rhombifer anadia
- Anadia steyeri Nieden, 1914 - Steyer's anadia
- Anadia vittata Boulenger, 1913 -Boulenger's anadia
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Anadia.
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ, Xenosauridæ, Zonuridæ, Anguidæ, Anniellidæ, Heldermatidæ, Varanidæ, Xantusiidæ, Teiidæ, Amphisbænidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Anadia, p. 398).
- Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Anadia, new genus, p. 58).