Riama Colomaromani
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''Riama colomaromani'' 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 Ecuador.


Etymology

The
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, ''colomaromani'', is in honor of Ecuadorian herpetologist Luis Aurelio Coloma Román. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Riama colomaromani'', p. 57).


Geographic range

''R. colomaromani'' is found in Pichincha Province, Ecuador.


Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of ''R. colomaromani'' is forest, at altitudes of .


Reproduction

''R. colomaromani'' 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

* Doan TM, Castoe TA (2005). "Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cercosaurini (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with new genera for species of ''Neusticurus'' and ''Proctoporus'' ". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 143: 405–416. (''Riama colomaromani'', new combination). * Kizirian DA (1996). "A Review of Ecuadorian ''Proctoporus'' (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with Descriptions of Nine New Species". ''Herpetological Monographs'' 10: 85–155. (''Proctoporus colomaromani'', new species). * Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D (2019). "Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides". ''Amphibian & Reptile Conservation'' 13 (1) eneral Section 209–229 (e178). Riama Reptiles of Ecuador Endemic fauna of Ecuador Reptiles described in 1996 Taxa named by David A. Kizirian {{lizard-stub