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'''''Alopoglossus lehmanni''''' is a [[species]] of [[lizard]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Alopoglossidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to western [[Colombia]].
'''''Alopoglossus lehmanni''''' is a [[species]] of [[lizard]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Alopoglossidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to western [[Colombia]].

==Etymology==
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''lehmanni'', is in honor of Colombian biologist [[Federico Carlos Lehmann|Federico Carlos Lehmann-Valencia]].<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Alopoglossus lehmanni'', p. 154).</ref>


==Geographic range==
==Geographic range==

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Alopoglossus lehmanni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Alopoglossidae
Genus: Alopoglossus
Species:
A. lehmanni
Binomial name
Alopoglossus lehmanni
Ayala & Harris, 1984

Alopoglossus lehmanni is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is endemic to western Colombia.

Etymology

The specific name, lehmanni, is in honor of Colombian biologist Federico Carlos Lehmann-Valencia.[1]

Geographic range

A. lehmanni is found in Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia.[2]

References

  1. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Alopoglossus lehmanni, p. 154).
  2. ^ Alopoglossus lehmanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.