''Alexandresaurus'' is a
genus
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of
lizard in the
family
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Gymnophthalmidae
Gymnophthalmidae is a family of lizards with at least 250 species, sometimes known commonly as spectacled lizards or microteiids. They are called "spectacled" because of their transparent lower eyelids, which allow them to still see with closed ...
. The genus is
monotypic
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, i.e., it contains only one species, ''Alexandresaurus camacan''. The species is
endemic
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to
Brazil
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.
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Etymology
The
generic name, ''Alexandresaurus'', is in honor of Brazilian naturalist
Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira.
[ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Genus ''Alexandresaurus'', p. 4).]
The
specific name, ''camacan'', is in honor of the
Camacan
Camacan is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.
See also
*List of municipalities in Bahia
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Bahia (BA), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Bahia i ...
, an extinct indigenous people of Brazil.
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Geographic range
''A. camacan'' is found in the Brazilian state of Bahia
Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest b ...
.[
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Description
''A. camacan'' is large for its family. Maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) is . The tail is long, averaging about twice SVL.[
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Reproduction
''A. camacan'' is oviparous.[
]
References
Further reading
* Freire EMX, Jorge JS, Sales RFD, Ribeiro MM, Andrade MJM, Sousa PAG (2013). "New record and geographic distribution map of ''Alexandresaurus camacan'' Rodrigues, Pellegrino, Dixo, Verdade, Pavan, Argôlo and Sites Jr., 2007 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) in northeastern Brazil". ''Check List'' 9 (4): 783–784.
* Matos MA, Camardelli M, Marciano E Jr (2013). "Geographic Distribution: ''Alexandresaurus camacan'' (Alexandre's Lizard, ''Calanguinho do Alexandre'')". ''Herpetological Review'' 44 (2): 273.
* Rodrigues MT, Pellegrino KCM, Dixo M, Verdade VK, Pavan D, Argôlo AJS, Sites JW Jr (2007). "A New Genus of Microteiid Lizard from the Atlantic Forests of State of Bahia, Brazil, with a New Generic Name for ''Colobosaura mentalis'', and a Discussion of Relationships Among the Heterodactylini (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae)". ''American Museum Novitates'' (3565): 1–27. (''Alexandresaurus'', new genus, pp. 5–7; ''A. camacan'', new species, pp. 7–15, Figures 1–4).
Gymnophthalmidae
Monotypic lizard genera
Taxa named by Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues
Taxa named by Kátia Cristina Machado Pellegrino
Taxa named by Marianna Dixo
Taxa named by Vanessa Kruth Verdade
Taxa named by Dante Pavan
Taxa named by Antônio Jorge Suzart Argôlo
Taxa named by Jack W. Sites Jr.
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