Loxopholis ferreirai is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Loxopholis |
| Species: | L. ferreirai
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| Loxopholis ferreirai (Rodrigues & Ávila-Pires, 2005)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, ferreirai, is in honor of Portuguese naturalist Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira.[3]
Geographic range edit
L. ferreirai is found in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.[2]
Habitat edit
Reproduction edit
L. ferreirai is oviparous, and it does not reproduce by parthenogenesis.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Colli GR, Fenker J, Tedeschi L, Bataus YSL, Uhlig VM, Lima A, Nogueira CC, Borges-Nojosa DM, Costa GC, de Moura GJB, Winck G, Silva JRS, Viñas LV, Ribeiro Junior MA, Hoogmoed MS, Tinôco MST, Almeida-Santos P, Valadão R, de Oliveira RB, Avila-Pires TCS, Ferreira VL, de Menezes VA (2019). "Leposoma ferreirai ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T66082554A135333345. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T66082554A135333345.pt. Downloaded on 28 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d Loxopholis ferreirai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 July 2019.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leposoma ferreirai, p. 89).
Further reading edit
- Goicoechea N, Frost DR, De la Riva I, Pellegrino KCM, Sites J Jr, Rodrigues MT, Padial JM (2016). "Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment". Cladistics 32 (6): 624–671. (Loxopholis ferreirai, new combination, p. 670).
- Marques-Souza S, de Sena MA, Ferreira GC, Rodrigues MT, Brunes TO (2020). "Natural history notes and range extension of Loxopholis ferreirai (Rodrigues and Avila-Pires, 2005): a micro-endemic species from the flooded igapó forests of Rio Negro and tributaries, Brazilian Amazonia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)". Herpetology Notes 13: 235–239.
- Ribeiro-Júnior MA, Amaral S (2016). "Diversity, distribution, and conservation of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) in the Brazilian Amazonia". Neotropical Diversity 2 (1): 195–421. (Leposoma ferreirai).
- Ribeiro-Júnior MA, Amaral S (2017). "Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia". IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae". Zootaxa 4269 (2): 151–196.
- Rodrigues MT, Ávila-Pires TCS (2005). "New Lizard of the Genus Leposoma (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Lower Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil". Journal of Herpetology 39 (4): 541–546. (Leposoma ferreirai, new species).
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