Micrablepharus
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Genus: | Micrablepharus Boettger, 1885
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Micrablepharus is a small genus of lizards endemic to South America.[1]
Species
- Micrablepharus atticolus Rodrigues, 1996
- Micrablepharus maximiliani (J.T. Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus, in this case a genus other than Micrablepharus.
Etymology
The specific name, maximiliani, is in honor of German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied.[2]
References
- ^ a b Micrablepharus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 March 2015.
- ^ 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. (Micrablepharus maximiliani, p. 171).
Further reading
- Boettger O. 1885. "Liste von Reptilien und Batrachiern aus Paraguay ". Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften (Halle) 58: 213-248. (Micrablepharus, new genus, p. 217). (in German and Latin).
- Reinhardt J, Lütken C. 1862. "Bidrag til Kundskab om Brasiliens Padder og Krybdr. Förste Afdeling: Padderne og Öglerne ". Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn 1861 (10-15): 143-242. (Gymnophthalmus maximiliani, new species, pp. 211-214 + Plate V, figures 6a-6g). (in Danish).
- Rodrigues MT. 1996. "A New Species of Lizard, Genus Micrablepharus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), from Brazil ". Herpetologica 52 (4): 535-541. (Micrablepharus atticolus, new species).