Bachia heteropa

LaGuaira bachia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Bachia
Species:	B. heteropa Wiegmann, 1856
Binomial name
Bachia heteropa
Subspecies
B. h. heteropa - Wiegmann, 1856 B. h. alleni - Barbour, 1914 B. h. lineata - Boulenger, 1903 B. h. marcelae - Donoso-Barros & Garrido, 1964 B. h. trinitatis - Barbour, 1914
Synonyms
Chalcides heteropus - Wiegmann, 1856 Bachia lineata - Boulenger, 1903 Scolecosaurus alleni - Barbour, 1914 Scolecosaurus alleni parviceps - Barbour, 1933 Scolecosaurus trinitatis - Barbour - 1914 Bachia anomala - Roux, 1929 Bachia marcelae - Donoso-Barros & Garrido, 1964 Bachia heteropus - Schwartz & Henderson, 1991

Bachia heteropa, the LaGuaira bachia, is a microteiid lizard found in the Caribbean and South America. Its distribution includes Grenada, the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, and Colombia.

It can reach a length of 64 mm snout-to-vent, and its tail may be more than 1.5 times that long. Its limbs are very small relative to its body length. It has four digits on each forelimb, and two digits on each hindlimb. Its body is covered by rows of large, overlapping, hexagonal scales.

It lives in forests, where it dwells in leaf-litter. It feeds on arthropods and their larvae.

References

• Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999), Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean, Macmillan Education Ltd., p. 107, ISBN 0-333-69141-5.

External links

• Bachia heteropa at the Encyclopedia of Life
• Bachia heteropa at the Reptile Database