Colobodactylus dalcyanus

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Silveira, A.L., da Rocha, C., Nogueira, C. de C., Werneck, F., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Ribeiro Júnior, M.A., Kiefer, M., de Freitas, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S.T., Valadão, R., Cardoso Vieira, R., Perez Maciel, R., Gomes Faria, R., Recoder, R., D'Ávila, R., Torquato da Silva, S., de Barcelos Ribeiro, S. & Avila-Pires, T.C.S. |date=2021 |title=Colobodactylus dalcyanus |volume=2021 |page=e.T178724A159253476 |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178724/159253476 |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Colobodactylus

| species = dalcyanus

| authority = Vanzolini & Ramos, 1977

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Colobodactylus dalcyanus, also known commonly as Vanzolini's teiid, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.{{NRDB species|genus=Colobodactylus|species=dalcyanus|accessdate=22 July 2019}} The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, dalcyanus, is in honor of Brazilian entomologist Dalcy de Oliveira Albuquerque (1902–1982).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. ("Albuquerque", p. 4).

Geographic range

C. dalcyanus is found in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. dalcyanus are forest and rocky areas.

Reproduction

C. dalcyanus is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Bernardo PH, Guerra-Fuentes RA, Zaher H (2011). "Colobodactylus dalcyanus (NCN): Reproduction". Herpetological Bulletin (118): 36–38.
  • Bernardo PH, Junqueira AFB, Martins IA (2011). "A new geographic distribution record of the rare lizard Colobodactylus dalcyanus Vanzolini and Ramos, 1977 (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae, Heterodactylini)". Herpetology Notes 4: 327–329.
  • Vanzolini P, Ramos AMM (1977). "A new species of Colobodactylus, with notes on the distribution of a group of stranded microteiid lizards (Sauria, Teiidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 31 (3): 19–47. (Colobodactylus darcyanus, new species).

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Category:Colobodactylus

Category:Spectacled lizards of Brazil

Category:Endemic reptiles of Brazil

Category:Reptiles described in 1977

Category:Taxa named by Paulo Vanzolini

Category:Taxa named by Ana Maria Malva Ramos Costa

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