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Urostrophus
''Urostrophus'' is a genus of lizards belonging to the family Leiosauridae. The species of this genus are found in South America. Species Species: *'' Urostrophus gallardoi'' *''Urostrophus vautieri ''Urostrophus vautieri'', also known commonly as the Brazilian steppe iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Leiosauridae. The species is endemic to Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country ...'' - Brazilian steppe iguana References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2214716 Urostrophus Lizard genera Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urostrophus Gallardoi
''Urostrophus gallardoi'' is a species of lizard in the family Leiosauridae. The species is native to South America. Etymology The specific name, ''gallardoi'', is in honor of Argentinean herpetologist José María Alfonso Félix Gallardo. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Urostrophus gallardo'', p. 97). Geographic range ''U. gallardoi'' is found in northwestern Argentina and southern Bolivia. www.reptile-database.org. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''U. gallardoi'' is forest, at altitudes of . Diet ''U. gallardoi'' preys upon insects. Reproduction ''U. gallardoi'' 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 .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urostrophus
''Urostrophus'' is a genus of lizards belonging to the family Leiosauridae. The species of this genus are found in South America. Species Species: *'' Urostrophus gallardoi'' *''Urostrophus vautieri ''Urostrophus vautieri'', also known commonly as the Brazilian steppe iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Leiosauridae. The species is endemic to Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country ...'' - Brazilian steppe iguana References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2214716 Urostrophus Lizard genera Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urostrophus Vautieri
''Urostrophus vautieri'', also known commonly as the Brazilian steppe iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Leiosauridae. The species is endemic to Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population .... www.reptile-database.org. References Urostrophus Lizards of Brazil Endemic reptiles of Brazil Reptiles described in 1837 Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron {{lizard-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiosauridae
Leiosauridae is a Family (biology), family of iguanian lizards containing six genera and 34 species. The family is Endemism, endemic to Central America and South America. Taxonomy A 2022 phylogenetic study found the Leiosauridae to be the sister taxa to the Opluridae, a unique family of iguanians Endemism, endemic to Madagascar, and one of only two Pleurodonta, pleurodont lineages found outside the Americas (the other being the genus ''Brachylophus''). This called into question the previous hypothesis of Opluridae being the last members of an ancient lineage of Gondwanan iguanians, as the study found that the Leiosauridae and Opluridae only diverged during the Paleocene, about 60 million years ago. Opluridae are now thought to have colonized Madagascar via oceanic dispersal from South America, either directly or indirectly. Genera The family Leiosauridae contains the following Genus, genera:"Leiosauridae". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. References Further r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantareira State Park
The Cantareira State Park () is a state park in the Serra da Cantareira mountain range, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It protects an area of Atlantic Forest to the north of the city of São Paulo. In October 1994, UNESCO declared it part of the São Paulo City Green Belt Biosphere Reserve. The park covers , being part of Serra da Cantareira, the largest urban green area in the country (64,800 hectares) and one of the largest in the world. Location The Cantareira State Park is divided between the municipalities of São Paulo: , Guarulhos: , Mairiporã: and Caieiras: in the state of São Paulo. It has a total area of . It holds an important remnant of Atlantic Forest. It adjoins the Albert Löfgren State Park to the south. It protects an area of the Serra da Cantareira that provides an important part of the city's water supply. There are four visitor centers: Pedra Grande, Engordador, Águas Claras and Cabuçu. The Pedra Grande center has a lookout over the city at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Marie Constant Duméril
André Marie Constant Duméril (1 January 1774 – 14 August 1860) was a French zoologist. He was professor of anatomy at the National Museum of Natural History (France), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle from 1801 to 1812, when he became professor of herpetology and ichthyology. His son Auguste Duméril was also a zoologist, and the author citation (zoology), author citation Duméril is used for both André and his son. Life André Marie Constant Duméril was born on 1 January 1774 in Amiens and died on 14 August 1860 in Paris. He became a doctor at a young age, obtaining, at 19 years, the ''prévot'' of anatomy at the medical school of Rouen. In 1800, he left for Paris and collaborated in the drafting of the comparative anatomy lessons of Georges Cuvier. He replaced Cuvier at the Central School of the Panthéon, Paris, Panthéon and had, as his colleague, Alexandre Brongniart. In 1801, he gave courses to the medical school of Paris. Under the Bourbon Restoration in Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Bibron
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 hired to collect vertebrates in Italy and Sicily. Under the direction of Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778–1846), he took part in the Morea expedition to Peloponnese. He classified numerous reptile species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ... with André Marie Constant Duméril (1774–1860), whom he had met in 1832. Duméril was interested mainly in the relations between genera, and he left to Bibron the task of describing the species. Working together they produced the ''Erpétologie Générale'', a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizard
Lizard is the common name used for all Squamata, squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most Island#Oceanic islands, oceanic Archipelago, island chains. The grouping is Paraphyly, paraphyletic as some lizards are more closely related to snakes than they are to other lizards. Lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3-meter-long Komodo dragon. Most lizards are quadrupedal, running with a strong side-to-side motion. Some lineages (known as "legless lizards") have secondarily lost their legs, and have long snake-like bodies. Some lizards, such as the forest-dwelling ''Draco (genus), Draco'', are able to glide. They are often Territory (animal), territorial, the males fighting off other males and signalling, often with bright colours, to attract mates and to intimidate rivals. Lizards are mainly carnivorous, often b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxa Named By André Marie Constant Duméril
In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and given a particular ranking, especially if and when it is accepted or becomes established. It is very common, however, for taxonomists to remain at odds over what belongs to a taxon and the criteria used for inclusion, especially in the context of rank-based (" Linnaean") nomenclature (much less so under phylogenetic nomenclature). If a taxon is given a formal scientific name, its use is then governed by one of the nomenclature codes specifying which scientific name is correct for a particular grouping. Initial attempts at classifying and ordering organisms (plants and animals) were presumably set forth in prehistoric times by hunter-gatherers, as suggested by the fairly sophisticated folk taxonomies. Much later, Aristotle, and later still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
