''Neusticurus racenisi'', known
commonly as Roze's neusticurus or the common Venezuelan water teiid, is a
species 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 Gymnophthalmidae. The species is
endemic to northern
South America.
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 ...
, ''racenisi'', is in honor of Latvian-born Venezuelan entomologist
Janis Racenis (1915–1980).
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Neusticurus racenisi'', p. 215).]
Geographic range
''N. racenisi'' is found in northern
Brazil and adjacent
Venezuela.
Habitat
The preferred
habitats of ''N. racenisi'' are
forest and
wetlands
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The ...
at altitudes of .
Reproduction
''N. racenisi'' 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 ...
.
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References
Further reading
* Ribeiro-Júnior MA, Amaral S (2017). "Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae". ''Zootaxa'' 4269 (2): 151–196.
* Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". ''Zootaxa'' 3211: 1-64.
* Roze J (1958). ''Resultados zoologicos de la expedicion de la Universidad Central de Venezuela a la region del Auyantepui en la Guayana Venezolana, Abril de 1956. 5. Los reptiles de Auyantepui, Venezuela, basendose en las colecciones de las expediciones de Phelps-Tate'' ". ''Acta Biologica Venezuelica'' 2: 243–270. (''Neusticurus racenisi'', new species, p. 2520. (in Spanish).
Neusticurus
Spectacled lizards of Brazil
Reptiles of Venezuela
Reptiles described in 1958
Taxa named by Janis Roze
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