Colobodactylus taunayi
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| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Colobodactylus
| species = taunayi
| authority = Amaral, 1933
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Colobodactylus taunayi, also known commonly as the Taunay teiid or Taunay's teiid, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.{{NRDB species |genus= Colobodactylus |species= taunayi |accessdate=22 July 2019}} The species is endemic to Brazil.
Etymology
The specific name, taunayi, is in honor of Brazilian historian Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay.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}}. (Colobodactylus taunayi, p. 261).
Geographic range
C. taunayi occurs in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
Habitat
Reproduction
C. taunayi is oviparous.
References
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Further reading
- Amaral A (1933). "Estudos sobre Lacertilios neotropicos. I. Novos generos e especies de lagartos do Brasil ". Memorias do Instituto Butantan 7: 51–75. (Colobodactylus taunayi, new species, pp. 70–71). (in Portuguese).
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Category:Spectacled lizards of Brazil
Category:Endemic reptiles of Brazil
Category:Reptiles described in 1933
Category:Taxa named by Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral
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