Micrablepharus

Micrablepharus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamily: Gymnophthalminae
Genus: Micrablepharus
Boettger, 1885

Micrablepharus is a small genus of lizards endemic to South America.[1]

Species

There are two species:[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus, in this case a genus other than Micrablepharus.

Etymology

The specific name, maximiliani, is in honor of German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Micrablepharus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. 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. (Micrablepharus maximiliani, p. 171).

Further reading


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