Colobosauroides carvalhoi

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| status = DD

| status_system =IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Silveira AL et al. (20 authors) (2021). "Colobosauroides carvalhoi " The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T134881436A134881438.pt. Accessed on 23 January 2022. (in English and Portuguese).

| genus = Colobosauroides

| species = carvalhoi

| authority = Soares & Caramaschi, 1998

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Colobosauroides carvalhoi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to Northeast Region, Brazil.{{NRDB species |genus= Colobosauroides |species= carvalhoi |accessdate=22 July 2019}}

Etymology

The specific name, carvalhoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Antenor Leitão de Carvalho.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}}. (Colobosauroides carvalhoi, p. 49).

Geographic range

C. carvalhoi is found in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Piauí. The distribution of C. carvalhoi is structured within the southern canyons, with a marked reduction in abundance from the base of rock cliffs through the central portion of the valleys.{{Cite journal|last1=Magalhães-Júnior|first1=A. J. C.|last2=Moura|first2=G. J. B.|author2-link=species:Geraldo Jorge Barbosa de Moura |last3=Ribeiro|first3=L. B.|author3-link=species:Leonardo de Barros Ribeiro |last4=Azevedo-Júnior|first4=S. M.|date=2017|title=Potential distribution and conservation of the Colobosauroides carvalhoi Soares and Caramaschi, 1998: a rare and endemic lizard of Northeast Brazil|journal=Brazilian Journal of Biology|volume=77|issue=4|pages=686–695|doi=10.1590/1519-6984.15815|issn=1678-4375|doi-access=free|pmid=28562781 }}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. carvalhoi is savanna.

Description

Adults of C. carvalhoi have an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{convert|12|cm|in|abbr=on}}, with a tail slightly longer than SVL.

Reproduction

C. carvalhoi is oviparous.