Arthrosaura kockii is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to northeastern South America.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Arthrosaura |
| Species: | A. kockii
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| Binomial name | |
| Arthrosaura kockii (Lidth de Jeude, 1904)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, kockii, is in honor of Dutch physician P.J. de Kock who collected natural history specimens in Suriname.[3]
Description
editDorsally, A. kockii is dark brown, with a wide tan vertebral stripe.[2] Ventrally, it is cream-colored.[4]
Geographic range
editA. kockii is found in Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of A. kockii is forest at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Doan, T.M.; Ouboter, P. (2019). "Arthrosaura kockii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T178702A66750072. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178702A66750072.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Arthrosaura kockii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 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. (Arthrosaura kockii, p. 144).
- ^ Lidth de Jeude (1904).
Further reading
edit- Ávila-Pires TCS (1995). "Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoologische Mededelingen 299: 1–706.
- Brongersma LD (1932). "Notes on the Species of Arthrosaura Blgr. (Teiidae)". Zool. Mededel. 15 (1–2): 76–88. (Arthrosaura kockii, p. 85).
- Hoogmoed MS, Ávila-Pires TCS (1992). "Studies on the species of the South American lizard species Arthrosaura Boulenger (Reptilia: Sauria: Teiidae), with the resurrection of two species". Zool. Mededel. 66: 453–484.
- Lidth de Juede TW (1904). "Reptiles and Batrachians from Surinam [sic]". Notes from the Leyden Museum 25: 83–94. (Prionodactylus kockii, new species, pp. 91–92 + Plate 7, figures 3–4).
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