''Bachia dorbignyi'', also known
commonly as Dorbigny's bachia and ''lagarto-sem-pata'' in Brazilian Portuguese, is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Gymnophthalmidae
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.
The species is native to central
South America
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.
Etymology
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specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''dorbignyi'', is in honor of French Naturalist
Alcide d'Orbigny
Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology (including malacology), palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropol ...
.
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Bachia dorbignyi'', p. 74).]
Geographic range
''B. dorbignyi'' is found in eastern
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
, western
Brazil
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, and southeastern
Peru
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.
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Habitat
The preferred natural habitat
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s of ''B. dorbignyi'' are forest
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and savanna
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.[
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Reproduction
''B. dorbignyi'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositing fertilized zygotes outside the body (i.e., by laying or spawning) in metabolically independent incubation organs known as eggs, which nurture the embryo into moving offsprings kno ...
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References
Further reading
* Boulenger GA (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ ....'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (''Cophias dorbignyi'', new combination, p. 419).
* Castrillon ME, Strussmann C (1998). "''Nova espécie de ''Bachia'' e a presença de ''B. Dorbignyi'' (Duméril & Bibron) no sudoeste de Mato Grosso, Brasil (Sauria, Gymnopthalmidae)''". ''Revista Brasileira de Zoologia'' 15 (3): 567–581. (in Portuguese, with an abstract in English).
* Duméril AMC, Bibron G
Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a French zoologist and herpetologist. He was born in Paris. The son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was hire ...
(1839). ''Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième'' olume 5 Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. ("''Chalcides Dorbignyi'' ", new species, pp. 462–463. (in French).
* Gray JE (1845). ''Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum.'' London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. ("''Bachia D'Orbignii'' ", new combination, p. 58).
Bachia
Reptiles of Bolivia
Spectacled lizards of Brazil
Reptiles of Peru
Reptiles described in 1839
Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril
Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron
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