''Lepidoblepharis peraccae'' is a
species
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of
gecko, a
lizard in the
family
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Sphaerodactylidae
The Sphaerodactylidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) distributed in North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, as well as in Southern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and into Central Asia. The family contains 12 li ...
. The species is
endemic
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to western
Colombia.
Etymology
The
specific name, ''peraccae'', is in honor of Italian herpetologist
Mario Giacinto Peracca
Mario Giacinto Peracca (21 November 1861, Turin – 23 May 1923, Turin) was an Italian herpetologist.
He discovered zoology through his father, an amateur ornithologist. He started taking medical classes at the University of Turin, with his stud ...
.
Geographic range
''L. peraccae'' is found in
Chocó Department
Choco Department is a department of Western Colombia known for its large Afro-Colombian population. It is in the west of the country, and is the only Colombian department to have coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It ...
and
Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia.
Description
The
holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of sever ...
of ''L. peraccae'' has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of and a tail long.
[ Boulenger (1908).]
Reproduction
''L. peraccae'' is
oviparous.
[
]
References
Further reading
* Boulenger GA (1908). "Descriptions of new South-American Reptiles". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series'' 1: 111–115. (''Lepidoblepharis peraccae'', new species, pp. 111–112).
*Valencia-Zuleta A, Jaramillo-Martínez AF, Echeverry-Bocanegra A, Viáfra-Vega R, Hernández-Córdoba O, Cardona-Botero VE, Gutiérrez-Zúñiga J, Castro-Herrera F (2014).
Conservation status of the herpetofauna, protected areas, and current problems in Valle del Cauca, Colombia
. ''Amphibian & Reptile Conservation'' 8: 1–18.
Lepidoblepharis
Reptiles described in 1908
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