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Anadia ocellata

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| image = Anadia ocellata 29856817.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Batista, A. |author2=García Rodríguez, A. |author3=Saborío, G. |author4=Vargas Álvarez, J. |author5=Acosta Chaves, V. |author6=Arredondo, J.C. |date=2016 |title=Anadia ocellata |volume=2016 |page=e.T203048A2759434 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203048A2759434.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Anadia

| species = ocellata

| authority = Gray, 1845

| synonyms =

  • Anadia ocellata
    {{small|Gray, 1845}}
  • Ecleopus (Euspondylus) ocellatus
    {{small|— W. Peters, 1862}}
  • Chalcidolepis metallicus
    {{small|Cope, 1875}}
  • Leposoma ocellatum
    {{small|— Cope, 1885}}
  • Anadia metallica
    {{small|— Boulenger, 1885}}
  • Anadia ocellata
    {{small|— J. Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970}}"Anadia ocellata ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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Anadia ocellata, commonly known as the ocellated anadia or ocellated bromeliad lizard , is a species of lizard endemic to the Americas.

Description

A. ocellata is a small and slender lizard. Its body is cylindrical with a long tail that is very sensitive and quickly subject to autotomy when in danger or when manipulated inadequately.

Geographic range

A. ocellata is distributed from Costa Rica to Ecuador.

Habitat and behavior

A. ocellata is rather unusual for a lizard in that it has frequently been found in, or close to, bromeliads. Thus its habits are considered arboreal, which would account for its scarceness.[http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubisen/FMPro?-DB=UBIPUB.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-error=norec.html&-Format=detail.html&-Op=eq&id=3566&-Find "Anadia ocellata ".] Atta, INBio {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070719090041/http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubisen/FMPro?-DB=UBIPUB.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-error=norec.html&-Format=detail.html&-Op=eq&id=3566&-Find |date=July 19, 2007 }}, Biodiversity of Costa Rica.

References

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Further reading

  • Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Anadia ocellata, pp. 398–399, description of holotype; and A. metallica, p. 400).
  • 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. (Anadia ocellata, new species, p. 58).

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Category:Anadia (genus)

Category:Reptiles of Colombia

Category:Reptiles of Costa Rica

Category:Reptiles of Ecuador

Category:Reptiles of Panama

Category:Reptiles described in 1845

Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray

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