Holaspis guentheri
{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
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| image = Herpetological surveys (10.3897-zse.95.31726) Figure 6 (cropped).jpg
| image2 = Holaspis guentheri.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = Rödel M-O, Penner J, Wagner P (2021). "Holaspis guentheri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13151944A13151949.en. Accessed on 19 October 2023.
| genus = Holaspis
| species = guentheri
| authority = Gray, 1863
| synonyms =
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Holaspis guentheri, also commonly known as the neon blue-tailed tree lizard, the sawtail lizard, and the western neon blue-tailed tree lizard {{EMBL species|genus=Holaspis|species=guentheri}} www.reptile-database.org. is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to portions of West Africa and Central Africa.
Geographic range
H. guentheri occurs in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.
Habitat
Behavior
H. guentheri is arboreal, and can glide between trees.
Diet
H. guentheri preys upon arthropods, predominately ants.
Reproduction
Etymology
The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.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}}. (Holaspis guentheri, p. 110).
References
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Further reading
- Arnold EN (1989). "Systematics and adaptive radiation of Equatorial African lizards assigned to the genera Adolfus, Bedriagaia, Gastropholis, Holaspis and Lacerta (Reptilia: Lacertidae)". Journal of Natural History 23: 525–555.
- Chirio L, Ineich I (2006). "Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic". African Journal of Herpetology 55 (1): 23–59.
- Gray JE (1863). "Descriptions of Two New Genera of Lizards (Holaspis and Poriodogaster, A. Smith, MS.)". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863: 152–155 + Plates XX–XXI. (Holaspis guentheri, new species, p. 153 + Plate XX, figure 1).
- Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. {{ISBN|978-1472935618}}. (Holaspis guentheri, p. 188).
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Category:Reptiles described in 1863
Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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