Lepidoblepharis peraccae
Species of lizard
Lepidoblepharis peraccae | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
Genus: | Lepidoblepharis |
Species: | L. peraccae |
Binomial name | |
Lepidoblepharis peraccae Boulenger, 1908 |
Lepidoblepharis peraccae is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to western Colombia.
Etymology
The specific name, peraccae, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Mario Giacinto Peracca.[2]
Geographic range
L. peraccae is found in Chocó Department and Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia.[3]
Description
The holotype of L. peraccae has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 23 mm (0.91 in) and a tail 17 mm (0.67 in) long.[4]
Reproduction
L. peraccae is oviparous.[3]
References
- ^ Bolívar W, Castañeda MR, Velasco J (2015). "Lepidoblepharis peraccae (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44579427A115388578. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44579427A44579430.en. Downloaded on 19 February 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. (Lepidoblepharis peraccae, p. 202).
- ^ a b Lepidoblepharis peraccae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 October 2015.
- ^ Boulenger (1908).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1908). "Descriptions of new South-American Reptiles". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 1: 111–115. (Lepidoblepharis peraccae, new species, pp. 111–112).
- Valencia-Zuleta A, Jaramillo-Martínez AF, Echeverry-Bocanegra A, Viáfra-Vega R, Hernández-Córdoba O, Cardona-Botero VE, Gutiérrez-Zúñiga J, Castro-Herrera F (2014). "Conservation status of the herpetofauna, protected areas, and current problems in Valle del Cauca, Colombia". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8: 1–18.
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