Anadia blakei
| Anadia blakei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Anadia |
| Species: | A. blakei
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| Binomial name | |
| Anadia blakei Schmidt, 1932
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Anadia blakei, also known commonly as Blake's anadia, is an endangered species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Venezuela.[1][2]
Etymology
[edit]A. blakei is named after American ornithologist Emmet "Bob" Reid Blake (1908–1997).[2][3]
Geographic range
[edit]A. blakei is found in the Venezuelan state of Sucre.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of A. blakei is forest, at altitudes of 900–1,830 m (2,950–6,000 ft).[1]
Description
[edit]A. blakei has 28 scales around the body at midbody. It is uniformly brown dorsally, and paler ventrally. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9 cm (3.5 in), and a broken, incomplete tail.[4]
Diet
[edit]A. blakei preys upon insects, insect larvae, and slugs.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]Conservation status
[edit]A. blakei is considered "Endangered" because of its small geographic range, and because of ongoing habitat loss from agricultural expansion and construction of roads and communication antennae.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Schargel W, Rivas G (2017). "Anadia blakei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44578138A44578142. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44578138A44578142.en. Downloaded on 6 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Anadia blakei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 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. (Anadia blakei, p. 26).
- ^ Schmidt (1932).
Further reading
[edit]- Myers CW, Rivas Fuenmayor G, Jadin RC (2009). "New Species of Lizards from Auyantepui and La Escalera in the Venezuelan Guayana, with Notes on "Microteiid" Hemipenes (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)". American Museum Novitates (3660): 1–31. (Anadia blakei, pp. 19–24, Figures 12–14, Table 3). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- 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.
- Schmidt KP (1932). "Reptiles and Amphibians of the Mandel Venezuelan Expedition". Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 18 (7): 159–163. (Anadia blakei, new species, pp. 161–162).
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