Alopoglossus gorgonae is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Alopoglossidae |
| Genus: | Alopoglossus |
| Species: | A. gorgonae
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| Alopoglossus gorgonae Harris, 1994
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Etymology
editThe specific name, gorgonae, refers to the type locality, Gorgona Island, Colombia.[3]
Geographic range
editA. gorgonae is found in southwestern Colombia and adjacent northwestern Ecuador.[1][2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of A. gorgonae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Gutiérrez-Cárdenas P, Caicedo J, Rivas G, Cisneros-Heredia DF (2019). "Ptychoglossus gorgonae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T29410A44946736. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T29410A44946736.en. Downloaded on 05 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d Alopoglossus gorgonae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 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. (Ptychoglossus gorgonae, p. 104).
Further reading
edit- Castro-Herrera, Fernando; Valencia-Aguilar, Anyelet, Villaquirán-Martínez, Diego F. (2012). Diversidad de Anfibios y Reptiles del Parque Nacional Gorgona: Herpetofauna de la isla Gorgona en el Pacífico colombiano, Legado de la naturaleza que se atrapó en este refugio de vida. Cali: Laboratorio de Herpetología, Deparamento de Biología, Universidad del Valle. 112 pp. ISBN 978-958-46-0094-3. (Ptychoglossus gorgonae).
- Harris DM (1994). "A Review of the Teiid Lizard Genus Ptychoglossus ". Herpetological Monographs 8: 226–275. (Ptychoglossus gorgonae, new species, p. 244).
- Hernández-Morales C, Sturaro MJ, Nunes PMS, Lotzkat S, Peloso PL (2020). "A species-level total evidence phylogeny of the microteiid lizard family Alopoglossidae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea)". Cladistics 36 (3): 301–321. (Alopoglossus gorgonae, new combination).
- 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) [General Section]: 209–229 (e178). (Ptychoglossus gorgonae).
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