Anadia blakei, also known commonly as Blake's anadia, is an endangered species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Venezuela.[1][2]
| Anadia blakei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Anadia |
| Species: | A. blakei
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| Binomial name | |
| Anadia blakei Schmidt, 1932
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Etymology
editA. blakei is named after American ornithologist Emmet "Bob" Reid Blake (1908–1997).[2][3]
Geographic range
editHabitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of A. blakei is forest, at altitudes of 900–1,830 m (2,950–6,000 ft).[1]
Description
editA. blakei has 28 scales around the body at midbody. It is uniformly brown dorsally, and paler ventrally. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9 cm (3.5 in), and a broken, incomplete tail.[4]
Diet
editReproduction
editConservation status
editA. blakei is considered "Endangered" because of its small geographic range, and because of ongoing habitat loss from agricultural expansion and construction of roads and communication antennae.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Schargel W, Rivas G (2017). "Anadia blakei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44578138A44578142. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44578138A44578142.en. Downloaded on 6 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Anadia blakei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anadia blakei, p. 26).
- ^ Schmidt (1932).
Further reading
edit- Myers CW, Rivas Fuenmayor G, Jadin RC (2009). "New Species of Lizards from Auyantepui and La Escalera in the Venezuelan Guayana, with Notes on "Microteiid" Hemipenes (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)". American Museum Novitates (3660): 1–31. (Anadia blakei, pp. 19–24, Figures 12–14, Table 3). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
- Schmidt KP (1932). "Reptiles and Amphibians of the Mandel Venezuelan Expedition". Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 18 (7): 159–163. (Anadia blakei, new species, pp. 161–162).
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