Siderolamprus owenii
| Siderolamprus owenii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Anguimorpha |
| Family: | Diploglossidae |
| Genus: | Siderolamprus |
| Species: | S. owenii |
| Binomial name | |
| Siderolamprus owenii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) | |
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Siderolamprus owenii, also known commonly as Owen's galliwasp, is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae.[2] The species is native to Guatemala and Mexico.
Etymology
Siderolamprus owenii was named after British biologist and paleontologist Richard Owen.[3]
Taxonomy
Siderolamprus owenii was originally classified in the genus Diploglossus, but was moved to Celestus by Cope in 1868, back to Diploglossus by Boulenger in 1885, and to Siderolamprus by Schools and Hedges in 2021.[2][4]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ Cox, N.A. (2021). "Diploglossus owenii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T75169266A75169275. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 Siderolamprus owenii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 April 2022.
- ↑ 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. ("Diploglossus oweni [sic]", p. 198).
- ↑ Schools, Molly; Hedges, S. Blair (2021). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae)". Zootaxa. 4974 (2): 201–257. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4974.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 34186858.
Further reading
- Cope, E.D. (1868). "An examination of the REPTILIA and BATRACHIA obtained by the Orton Expedition to Equador [sic] and the Upper Amazon, with notes on other Species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 20: 96–140. (Celestus owenii, new combinaion, p. 124).
- Duméril, A.M.C.; Bibron, G. (1839). Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième. [Volume 5]. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. 854 pp. + errata et emendanda. (Diploglossus owenii, new species, pp. 594– 595). (in French).