Bachia dorbignyi

Bachia dorbignyi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Bachia
Species:	B. dorbignyi
Binomial name
	Bachia dorbignyi; (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Synonyms
	Chalcides dorbignyi ; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839; Bachia dorbignyi ; —Gray, 1845; Cophias dorbignyi ; — Boulenger, 1885; Bachia dorbignyi ; — Garman, 1892;

Bachia dorbignyi, also known commonly as Dorbigny's bachia and lagarto-sem-pata in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.^[2] The species is native to central South America.

Etymology

The specific name, dorbignyi, is in honor of French Naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny.^[3]

B. dorbignyi is found in eastern Bolivia, western Brazil, and southeastern Peru.^[2]

The preferred natural habitats of B. dorbignyi are forest and savanna.^[1]

B. dorbignyi is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Aparicio J, Avila-Pires TCS, Moravec J, Nogueira C, Perez P (2019). "Bachia dorbignyi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T48279951A63715666.en. Accessed on 07 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bachia dorbignyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 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. (Bachia dorbignyi, p. 74).

Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Cophias dorbignyi, new combination, p. 419).
Castrillon ME, Strussmann C (1998). "Nova espécie de Bachia e a presença de B. Dorbignyi (Duméril & Bibron) no sudoeste de Mato Grosso, Brasil (Sauria, Gymnopthalmidae)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 15 (3): 567–581. (in Portuguese, with an abstract in English).
Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. ("Chalcides Dorbignyi ", new species, pp. 462–463. (in French).
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. ("Bachia D'Orbignii ", new combination, p. 58).

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