''Alopoglossus atriventris'', known
commonly as the keel-bellied shade lizard, is a
species
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of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family
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Alopoglossidae. The species is
endemic
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to northwestern
South America
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.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''atriventris'', is from Latin ''ater'' (black) + ''venter'' (belly), referring to the black belly of the male.
[ Duellman (1973).]
Geographic range
''A. atriventris'' is found in
Brazil
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(
Acre
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Places
United States
* Imperial, California
* Imperial, Missouri
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, western
Amazonas),
Colombia
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,
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
, and
Peru
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, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
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, national_motto = "Fi ...
.
Habitat
The natural
habitat
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of ''A. atriventris'' is lowland tropical
forest
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[ at altitudes of ,][ where it lives in the ]leaf litter
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of the forest floor.[
]
Reproduction
''A. atriventris'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
.[
]
References
Further reading
* Duellman WE (1973). "Descriptions of New Lizards from the Upper Amazon Basin". ''Herpetologica'' 29 (3): 228–231. (''Alopoglossus ariventris'', new species, p. 228).
* Köhler G, Diethert H-H, Veselý M (2012). "A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Lizard Genus ''Alopoglossus'' (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)". ''Herpetological Monographs'' 26 (1): 173–188.
* Ribeiro-Júnior MA (2018). "A new species of ''Alopoglossus'' lizard (Squamata, Alopoglossidae) from the Southern Guiana Shield, northeastern Amazonia, with remarks on diagnostic characters to the genus". ''Zootaxa'' 4422 (1): 025–040.
*Ribeiro-Júnior MA, Amaral S (2017). "Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. 4. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae". ''Zootaxa'' 4269 (2): 151–196.
* Vitt LJ, Ávila-Pires TCS, Espósito MC, Sartorius SS, Zani PA (2007). "Ecology of ''Alopoglossus angulatus'' and ''A. atriventris'' (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in western Amazonia". ''Phyllomedusa'' 6 (1): 11–21.
Alopoglossus
Reptiles of Brazil
Reptiles of Colombia
Reptiles of Ecuador
Reptiles of Peru
Reptiles described in 1973
Taxa named by William Edward Duellman
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