Enyalioides oshaughnessyi
| Enyalioides oshaughnessyi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Hoplocercidae |
| Genus: | Enyalioides |
| Species: | E. oshaughnessyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Enyalioides oshaughnessyi (Boulenger, 1881) | |
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Enyalioides oshaughnessyi, also known commonly as O'Shaughnessy's dwarf iguana, the red-eyed woodlizard, and la lagartija de palo ojirroja in South American Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Hoplocercidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.
Etymology
The specific name oshaughnessyi honors Arthur O'Shaughnessy, a British herpetologist and poet.[2][3]: 197
Description
Enyalioides oshaughnessyi has smooth or slightly keeled dorsal scales which are homogeneous in size. The iris of the eye may be bright red in both sexes. The male has a dark patch on the inner aspect of the gular fold.[2] E. oshaughnessyi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 13.5 cm (5.3 in). The tail is long, more than twice SVL, and laterally compressed.[4]
Geographic distribution
Enyalioides oshaughnessyi occurs in southern Colombia and northern Ecuador.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Enyalioides oshaughnessyi is forest, at elevations of 50–1,600 m (160–5,250 ft).[1]
Behavior
Enyalioides oshaughnessyi is diurnal and arboreal, sleeping at night on branches.[1]
Reproduction
References
- 1 2 3 4 Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Velasco, J.; Bolívar, W. (2016) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Enyalioides oshaughnessyi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T44578937A86116748. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Enyalioides oshaughnessyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 September 2021.
- ↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- ↑ Boulenger, G.A. (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ, Xenosauridæ, Zonuridæ, Anguidæ, Anniellidæ, Helodermatidæ, Varanidæ, Xantusiidæ, Teiidæ, Amphisbænidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Enyalioides oshaughnessyi, new combination, p. 115).
Further reading
- Boulenger, G.A. (1881). "Description of a new Species of Enyalius in the Brussels Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1881: 246–247 + Plate XXVI. (Enyalius oshaughnessyi, new species, pp. 246–247 + Plate XXVI, figures 1 & 1a).
- Castro-Herrera, F.; Vargas-Salinas, F. (2008). "Anfibios y reptiles en el departamento del Valle de Cauca, Colombia". Biota Colombiana. 9 (2): 251–277. (in Spanish).
- Torres-Carvajal, O.; Etheridge, R.; de Queiroz, K. (2011). "A systematic revision of neotropical lizards in the clade Hoplocercinae (Squamata: Iguania)". Zootaxa. 2752: 1–44.
- Torres-Carvajal, O.; Pazmiño-Otamendi, G.; Salazar-Valenzuela, D. (2019). "Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation. 13 (1): 209–229 (e178).