Anadia petersi, known commonly as Peters' anadia, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Ecuador.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Anadia |
| Species: | A. petersi
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| Binomial name | |
| Anadia petersi Oftedal, 1974
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Etymology
editThe specific name, petersi, is in honor of American herpetologist James A. Peters.[3]
Geographic range
editA. petersi is found in Loja Province, Ecuador.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred habitat of A. petersi is forest at an altitude of 1,700 m (5,600 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Cisneros-Heredia DF (2016). "Anadia petersi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44578233A44578237. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578233A44578237.en. Downloaded on 8 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d Anadia petersi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 July 2019.
- ^ 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. (Anadia petersi, p. 204).
Further reading
edit- Betancourt R, Reyes-Puig C, Lobos SE, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Torres-Carvajal O (2018). "Sistemática de los saurios Anadia Gray, 1845 (Sauria: Gymnophthalmidae) de Ecuador: límite de especies, distribución geográfica y descripción de una especie nueva". Neotropical Biodiversity 4 (1): 83–102. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
- Oftedal OT (1974). "A revision of the genus Anadia (Sauria, Teiidae)". Arquivos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 25 (4): 203–265. (Anadia petersi, new species, pp. 226–229, Figures 10A, 10B, 11, 12, 13A).
- Peters JA (1959). "Notas miscelaneas sobre saurios del Ecuador ". Ciencia y Naturaleza 2: 118–124. (in Spanish).
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