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Alopoglossus angulatus

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Alopoglossus angulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Alopoglossidae
Genus: Alopoglossus
Species:
A. angulatus
Binomial name
Alopoglossus angulatus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacerta angulata
    Linnaeus, 1758
  • Leposoma carinacaudatum
    Cope, 1876
  • Lepidosoma carinacaudatum
    Cope, 1876
  • Alopoglossus carinacaudatus
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Alopoglossus amazonius
    Ruthven, 1924
  • Pantodactylus amazonicus
    — Amaral, 1937
  • Alopoglossus andeanus
    Ruibal, 1952
  • Alopoglosus copii surinamensis
    Brongersma, 1946
  • Alopoglossus angulatus
    — Hoogmoed, 1973

Alopoglossus angulatus, known commonly as the northern teiid, is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.

Geographic range

A. angulatus is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. angulatus is leaf litter in lowland, tropical forests, or wetlands at altitudes of 100–760 m (330–2,490 ft).[1][2]

Reproduction

A. angulatus is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Moravec J, Avila-Pires TCS, Aparicio J, Perez P (2019). "Alopoglossus angulatus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T178418A44953878. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178418A44953878.en. Downloaded on 04 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Alopoglossus angulatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.

Further reading

  • Köhler G, Diethert H-H, Veselý M (2012). "A Contributon to the Knowledge of the Lizard Genus Alopoglossus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)". Herpetological Monographs 26 (1): 173–188.
  • Linnaeus C (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, diferentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: L. Salvius. 824 pp. (Lacerta angulata, new species, p. 204). (in Latin).
  • Vitt LJ, Ávila-Pires TCS, Espósito MC, Sartorius SS, Zani PA (2007). "Ecology of Alopoglossus angulatus and A. atriventris (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in western Amazonia". Phyllomedusa 6 (1): 11–21.
  • Ribeiro-Júnior MA (2018). "A new species of Alopoglossus lizard (Squamata, Alopoglossidae) from the Southern Guiana Shield, northeastern Amazonia, with remarks on diagnostic characters to the genus". Zootaxa 4422 (1): 025–040.


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