Arthrosaura kockii

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Doan, T.M. |author-link=species:Tiffany M. Doan |author2=Ouboter, P. |author2-link=species:Paul Edward Ouboter |date=2019 |title=Arthrosaura kockii |volume=2019 |page=e.T178702A66750072 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178702A66750072.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Arthrosaura

| species = kockii

| authority = (Lidth de Jeude, 1904)

| synonyms = *Prionodactylus kockii
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Arthrosaura dorsistriata
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Arthrosaura kockii is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to northeastern South America.{{NRDB species|genus=Arthrosaura|species=kockii|accessdate=14 July 2019}}

Etymology

The specific name, kockii, is in honor of Dutch physician P.J. de Kock who collected natural history specimens in Suriname.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}}. (Arthrosaura kockii, p. 144).

Description

Dorsally, A. kockii is dark brown, with a wide tan vertebral stripe. Ventrally, it is cream-colored.Lidth de Jeude (1904).

Geographic range

A. kockii is found in Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. kockii is forest at altitudes from sea level to {{cvt|500|m|ft}}.

Reproduction

A. kockii is oviparous.