Loxopholis southi, also known commonly as the northern spectacled lizard and the southern leposoma, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America. There are two recognized subspecies.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Loxopholis |
| Species: | L. southi
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Etymology
editThe specific name, southi, is in honor of John Glover South (1873–1940), who was an American physician and diplomat.[3]
Geographic range
editL. southi is found in Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia.[2]
Reproduction
editSubspecies
editTwo subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies:[2]
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Loxopholis.
References
edit- ^ Acosta Chaves V, Batista A, García Rodríguez A, Vargas Álvarez J, Velasco J, Arredondo JC, Bolívar W, Gutierrez P (2015). "Leposoma southi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T203058A115346975. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T203058A2759594.en. Downloaded on 28 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Loxopholis southi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 July 2019.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leposoma southi, p. 248).
Further reading
edit- Goicoechea N, Frost DR, De la Riva I, Pelligrino KCM, Sites J Jr, Rodrigues MT, Padial JM (2016). "Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment". Cladistics 32 (6): 624–671. (Loxopholis southi, new combination, p. 670).
- Ruthven AG, Gaige HT (1924). "A new Leposoma from Panama". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (147): 1–3. (Leposoma southi, new species).
- Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. xx + 945 pp. ISBN 978-0226735382.
- Taylor EH (1955). "Additions to the Known Herpetological Fauna of Costa Rica with Comments on Other Species. No. II.". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 37: 499–575. (Leposoma southi orientalis, new subspecies, p. 546).
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