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Alexandresaurus

Alexandresaurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Alexandresaurus
Rodrigues, Pellegrino, Dixo, Verdade, Pavan, Argôlo & Sites, 2007
Species:
A. camacan
Binomial name
Alexandresaurus camacan
Rodrigues, Pellegrino, Dixo, Verdade, Pavan, Argôlo & Sites, 2007

Alexandresaurus is a genus of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is monotypic, i.e., it contains only one species, Alexandresaurus camacan. The species is endemic to Brazil.[1]

Etymology

The generic name, Alexandresaurus, is in honor of Brazilian naturalist Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira.[2]

The specific name, camacan, is in honor of the Camacan, an extinct indigenous people of Brazil.[1]

Geographic range

A. camacan is found in the Brazilian state of Bahia.[1]

Description

A. camacan is large for its family. Maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) is 7 cm (2.8 in). The tail is long, averaging about twice SVL.[1]

Reproduction

A. camacan is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Species Alexandresaurus camacan at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  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. (Genus Alexandresaurus, p. 4).

Further reading

  • Freire EMX, Jorge JS, Sales RFD, Ribeiro MM, Andrade MJM, Sousa PAG (2013). "New record and geographic distribution map of Alexandresaurus camacan Rodrigues, Pellegrino, Dixo, Verdade, Pavan, Argôlo and Sites Jr., 2007 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) in northeastern Brazil". Check List 9 (4): 783–784.
  • Matos MA, Camardelli M, Marciano E Jr (2013). "Geographic Distribution: Alexandresaurus camacan (Alexandre's Lizard, Calanguinho do Alexandre)". Herpetological Review 44 (2): 273.
  • Rodrigues MT, Pellegrino KCM, Dixo M, Verdade VK, Pavan D, Argôlo AJS, Sites JW Jr (2007). "A New Genus of Microteiid Lizard from the Atlantic Forests of State of Bahia, Brazil, with a New Generic Name for Colobosaura mentalis, and a Discussion of Relationships Among the Heterodactylini (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae)". American Museum Novitates (3565): 1–27. (Alexandresaurus, new genus, pp. 5–7; A. camacan, new species, pp. 7–15, Figures 1–4).


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