Wilsonosaura josyi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species, which is endemic to Peru, is monotypic in the genus Wilsonosaura.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Wilsonosaura Lehr, Moravec & von May, 2019 |
| Species: | W. josyi
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| Wilsonosaura josyi (G. Köhler, 2003)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, josyi, is in honor of Franz-Josef "Josy" Hans.[3]
Geographic range
editW. josyi is found in central Peru, in Department of Junín.[1][2]
Habitat
editThe holotype of W. josyi was collected at an altitude of 2,880 m (9,450 ft), but its preferred natural habitat was not recorded.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Quiroz Rodriguez, A. (2017). "Wilsonosaura josyi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48280225A48280228. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48280225A48280228.en. Downloaded on 25 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d Wilsonosaura josyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 July 2019.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Euspondylus josei, p. 136).
Further reading
edit- Köhler G (2003). "Two new species of Euspondylus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Peru". Salamandra 39 (1): 5–20. (Euspondylus josyi, new species).
- Köhler G, Lehr E (2004) "Comments on Euspondylus and Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Peru, with the description of three new species and a key to the Peruvian species". Herpetologica 60 (4): 501–518.
- Lehr E, Moravec J, von May R (2019). "A new cryptic genus of terrestrial lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the eastern Andes of central Peru". Salamandra 56: 1–15. (Wilsonosaura, new genus; W. josyi, new combination).
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