Alopoglossus lehmanni
Alopoglossus lehmanni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Alopoglossidae |
Genus: | Alopoglossus |
Species: | A. lehmanni
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Binomial name | |
Alopoglossus lehmanni |
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
- ^ 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).
- ^ Alopoglossus lehmanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.
Further reading
- Ayala SC, Harris DM (1984). "A New Microteiid Lizard (Alopoglossus) from the Pacific Rainforest of Colombia". Herpetologica 40 (2): 154-158. (Alopoglossus lehmanni, new species).