Anadia (lizard)

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Anadia
Anadia rhombifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamily: Cercosaurinae
Tribe: Cercosaurini
Genus: Anadia
Gray, 1845[1]
Species

19 species (see text)

Anadia is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The genus is endemic to southern Central America and northern South America.[2][3]

Species[edit]

The following species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Anadia.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Anadia Gray, 1845". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Anadia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 August 2020.
  3. ^ Kok, P. J. R.; Means, D. B. & Rivas, G. A. "First record of the genus Anadia (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from Guyana based on an enigmatic specimen from Mount Kopinang, Wokomung Massif" (PDF). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. 8 (1): 27–39. doi:10.46357/bcnaturais.v8i1.579.

Further reading[edit]

  • 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).