Ecpleopus
| Ecpleopus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Subfamily: | Ecpleopinae[1] |
| Genus: | Ecpleopus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[2] |
| Species: | E. gaudichaudii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ecpleopus gaudichaudii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[1] | |
Ecpleopus is a genus of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus contains only one species, Ecpleopus gaudichaudii, which is endemic to Brazil.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, gaudichaudii, is in honor of French botanist Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "Ecpleopus gaudichaudii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Ecpleopus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ecpleopus gaudichaudii, p. 99).
Further reading
- Duméril AMC, Bibron G. 1839. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Ecpleopus, new genus, pp. 434-436; Ecpleopus gaudichaudii, new species, pp. 436-438). (in French).
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