Anadia ocellata
| Anadia ocellata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Subfamily: | Cercosaurinae[1] |
| Genus: | Anadia |
| Species: | A. ocellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Anadia ocellata Gray, 1845 | |
| Synonyms | |
Anadia ocellata, commonly known as the bromeliad lizard or lagartija de las bromelias in Spanish, is a species of lizard endemic to the Americas.[2]
Description
A. ocellata is a small and slender lizard. Its body is cylindrical with a long tail that is very sensitive and quickly subject to autotomy when in danger or when manipulated inadequately.[2]
Geographic range
A. ocellata is distributed from Costa Rica to Ecuador.[2]
Habitat and behavior
A. ocellata is rather unusual for a lizard in that it has frequently been found in, or close to, bromeliads. Thus its habits are considered arboreal, which would account for its scarceness.[2]
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Anadia ocellata, pp. 398–399, description of holotype; and A. metallica, p. 400).
- 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 ocellata, new species, p. 58).
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