Anotosaura vanzolinia

Short description: Species of lizard

Anotosaura vanzolinia

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Family:  | Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:  | Anotosaura
Species:  |

A. vanzolinia

Binomial name
Anotosaura vanzolinia

Dixon, 1974

Synonyms[2]

* Anotosaura collaris vanzolinia
Dixon, 1974
* Anotosaura vanzolinia
— Vanzolini, 1976

Anotosaura vanzolinia, also known commonly as Vanzolini's anotosaura, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Brazil .

## Contents

* 1 Etymology
* 2 Geographic range
* 3 Diet
* 4 Habitat
* 5 Reproduction
* 6 References
* 7 Further reading

## Etymology

The specific name, vanzolinia, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist and composer Paulo Vanzolini.[3]

## Geographic range

A. vanzolinia is found in extreme eastern Brazil, in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Paraíba, and Pernambuco.[2]

## Diet

The diet of A. vanzolinia consists of ants, termites, and other arthropods of the edaphic microfauna. Some arthropods include members of Arachnida, Crustacea, Hexapoda, and Diploda.[4]

## Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. vanzolinia is sparse shrubby vegetation, dense shrubby vegetation, sparse arboreal vegetation, dense arboreal vegetation, sparse shrubby-arboreal vegetation, and dense shrubby-arboreal vegetation.[4] It dwells within leaf litter around shrubs, leaf litter among bromeliads, leaf litter around rocky outcrops, and isolated leaf litter.[4]

## Reproduction

A. vanzolinia is oviparous. Clutch size is two eggs.[2]

## References

1. ↑ Colli GR, Fenker J, Tedeschi L, Bataus YSL, Uhlig VM, Lima A, Nogueira C de C, 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). "Anotosaura vanzolinia". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T134878968A135334636. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T134878968A135334636.pt. Downloaded on 14 July 2019.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Anotosaura vanzolinia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 July 2019.
3. ↑ 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. (Anotosaura vanzolinia, p. 273).
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Oliveira BHS, Pessanha ALM (2013). "Microhabitat use and diet of Anotosaura vanzolinia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) in a Caatinga area, Brazil". Biota Neotropica 13 (3): 193–198. (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).

## Further reading

* Dixon JR (1974). "Systematic Review of the Lizard Genus Anotosaura (Teiidae)". Herpetologica 30 (1): 13–18. (Anotosaura collaris vanzolinia, new subspecies, p. 17).
* Oliveira BHS, Queiroz RNM, Cavalcanti LBQ, Mesquita D (2018). "Autoecology of neotropical lizard species Anotosaura vanzolinia (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in a Caatinga region, north-eastern Brazil". Herpetological Journal 28 (1): 19–26.
* Vanzolini PE (1976). "Two notes on Anotosaura (Sauria, Teiidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 30 (8): 119–122. (Anotosaura vanzolinia, new status).

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