Ecpleopus
| Ecpleopus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Ecpleopus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[3] |
| Species: | E. gaudichaudii
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| Binomial name | |
| Ecpleopus gaudichaudii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[2]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Ecpleopus is a genus of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus contains only one species, Ecpleopus gaudichaudii, which is endemic to Brazil.[2]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The specific name, gaudichaudii, is in honor of French botanist Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré.[4]
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]E. gaudichaudii is found in the Atlantic Forest in the Brazilian states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo.[1]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The preferred natural habitat of E. gaudichaudii is forest, where it lives in the leaf litter on the forest floor.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]E. gaudichaudii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 5 cm (2.0 in). Its legs are short, and its tail is laterally compressed.[1]
Diet
[edit | edit source]E. gaudichaudii preys upon small invertebrates such as termites, orthopterans, and spiders.[1]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]E. gaudichaudii is oviparous.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d e Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (in English and Portuguese).
- ^ a b c d Species Ecpleopus gaudichaudii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Ecpleopus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Ecpleopus gaudichaudii, p. 99).
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- 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 Ecpleopus, p. 401; species E. gaudichaudii, p. 401).
- Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Ecpleopus, new genus, pp. 434–436; Ecpleopus gaudichaudii, new species, pp. 436–438). (in French).
- Uzzell, Thomas (1969). "The Status of the Genera Ecpleopus, Arthroseps, and Aspidolaemus (Sauria, Teiidae)". Postilla (135): 1-23.
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