Heterodactylus lundii

The specific name, lundii, is in honor of Danish paleontologist Peter Wilhelm Lund.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}}. (Heterodactylus lundii, pp. 162–163).

Heterodactylus lundii has an elongated body and very small legs. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{cvt|6|cm|in}}. The tail length is about twice the SVL.

Heterodactylus lundii is found in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

The preferred natural habitat of Heterodactylus lundii is savanna, at altitudes of {{cvt|900|–|1,300|m|ft}}.

Heterodactylus lundii is terrestrial and fossorial.

Heterodactylus lundii is oviparous. Clutch size is only two eggs.

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• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in The British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 + Plates I–XXIV. (Heterodactylus lundii, p. 423).
• {{cite journal |last1=Reinhardt |first1=J. |author1-link=Johannes Theodor Reinhardt |last2=Lütken |first2=C. |author2-link=Christian Frederik Lütken |title=Bidrag til Kundskab om Brasiliens Padder og Krybdyr |journal=Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn |date=1862 |volume=1861 |issue=10–15 |pages=143–242}} + Plates I–VI. (Heterodactylus lundii, new species, pp. 214–218 + Plate VI, figures 10, 10a–10f). (in Danish).

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Category:Heterodactylus

Category:Spectacled lizards of Brazil

Category:Endemic reptiles of Brazil

Category:Reptiles described in 1862

Category:Taxa named by Johannes Theodor Reinhardt

Category:Taxa named by Christian Frederik Lütken

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