Gelanesaurus cochranae, also known commonly as Cochran's neusticurus, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is native to northwestern South America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Gelanesaurus |
| Species: | G. cochranae
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| Gelanesaurus cochranae | |
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Etymology edit
The specific name, cochranae, was chosen in honor of American herpetologist Doris Mable Cochran.[3]
Geographic range edit
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitats of G. cochranae are forest and freshwater wetlands, up to an altitude of 2,100 m (6,900 ft).[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Arredondo, J.C.; Velasco, J. (2016). "Potamites cochranae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T177901A44952792. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T177901A44952792.en. Downloaded on 25 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d Gelanesaurus cochranae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 July 2019.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Neusticurus cochranae, p. 55).
Further reading edit
- Burt CE, Burt MD (1941). "South American Lizards in the Collection of the American Museum of Natural History". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 61 (7): 227–395. (Neusticurus ecpleopus cochranæ, new subspecies, pp. 350–352, Figure 9).
- 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. (Potamites cochranae, new combination).
- Torres-Carvajal O, Lobos SE, Venegas PJ, Chávez G, Aguirre-Peñafiel V, Zurita D, Echevarría LY (2016). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the most diverse clade of South American gymnophthalmid lizards (Squamata,Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 63–75. (Gelanesaurus cochranae, new combination).
- Uzzell TM (1966). "Teiid lizards of the genus Neusticurus (Reptilia, Sauria)". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. 132 (5): 279–327. (Neusticurus cochranae, new status, pp. 307–309).
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