''Riolama uzzelli'' is a
species of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Gymnophthalmidae.
The species is endemic to
Venezuela.
Etymology
The
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 ...
, ''uzzelli'', is in honor of American Herpetologist
Thomas Marshall Uzzell, Jr. (born 1932).
[ Beolens B, Watkins M, ]Grayson M
Grayson may refer to:
Places Canada
* Grayson, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Grayson No. 184, Saskatchewan
United States
* Grayson, California
* Grayson, Georgia
** Grayson High School
* Grayson, Kentucky
* Grayson, Louisiana
* Gray ...
(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Riolama uzzelli'', p. 270).
Geographic range
''R. uzzelli'' is found in the Venezuelan state of
Amazonas.
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Habitat
The natural habitat of ''R. uzzelli'' is the summit of a tepui, at altitudes of .
Reproduction
''R. uzzelli'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
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References
Further reading
* Molina C, Seňaris JC (2003). "''Una nueva especie del genero ''Riolama'' (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae) de las tierras altas del Estado Amazonas, Venezuela''". ''Memoria de la Fundación la Salle de Ciencias Naturales'' 61 (155): 5–19. (''Riolama uzzelli'', new species). (in Spanish).
* Recoder R, Prates I, Marques-Souza S, Camacho A, Sales Nunes PM, Dal Vechio F, Ghellere JM, McDiarmid RW (2020). "Lizards from the Lost World: two new species and evolutionary relationships of the Pantepui highland ''Riolama'' (Gymnophthalmidae)". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 190 (1): 271–297.
* Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". ''Zootaxa'' 3211: 1–64.
Riolama
Reptiles of Venezuela
Endemic fauna of Venezuela
Reptiles described in 2003
Taxa named by César R. Molina
Taxa named by Josefa Celsa Señaris
Fauna of the Tepuis
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