Heterodactylus
| Heterodactylus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Heterodactylus Spix, 1825 |
Heterodactylus is a genus of gymnophthalmid lizards endemic to Brazil.[1]
Species
The genus Heterodactylus contains the following three species.[1]
- Heterodactylus imbricatus Spix, 1825
- Heterodactylus lundii J.T. Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862
- Heterodactylus septentrionalis Rodrigues, De Freitas & Silva, 2009
Etymology
The specific name, lundii, is in honor of Danish paleontologist Peter Wilhelm Lund.[2]
References
- 1 2 Heterodactylus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ 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. (Heterodactylus lundii, pp. 162-163).
Further reading
- 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. (Genus Heterodactylus, p. 422).
- Spix JB. 1825. Animalia nova sive species novae lacertarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII - MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit. Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. Index (4 unnumbered pages) + 26 pp. + 30 color plates. (Heterodactylus, new genus, p. 25). (in Latin).
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