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Dunn's Spinytail Lizard
''Enyalioides groi'', known Common name, commonly as Gro's manticore, Dunn's spinytail iguana, or Dunn's spinytail lizard, is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Hoplocercidae. The species is native to northwestern South America and Panama. Etymology The Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''groi'', commemorates "Lord Gro", a character in the novel ''The Worm Ouroboros'' by E. R. Eddison.species:Bo Beolens, Beolens, Bo; species:Michael Watkins, Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Morunasaurus groi'', p. 109). It was formerly assigned to its own genus, ''Morunasaurus'', named for the Moruna, a region in the same novel. Geographic range ''E. groi'' is found in central Panama and in northwestern Colombia. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''E. groi'' is forest, at altitudes of . Description The tail of ''E. groi'' is covered with small spines. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half of the country's over million inhabitants. Before the arrival of Spanish Empire, Spanish colonists in the 16th century, Panama was inhabited by a number of different Indigenous peoples of Panama, indigenous tribes. It Independence Act of Panama, broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined the Republic of Gran Colombia, a union of Viceroyalty of New Granada, Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela. After Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada eventually became the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the construction of the Panama Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |