Neusticurus tatei

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Schargel, W. |author2=García-Pérez, J.E. |author3=Doan, T. |author4=La Marca, E. |author5=Rivas, G. |date=2016 |title=Neusticurus tatei |volume=2016 |page=e.T178516A67511178 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T178516A67511178.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Neusticurus

| species = tatei

| authority = (C. Burt & M. Burt, 1931)

| synonyms = *Arthrosaura tatei
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Neusticurus tatei
{{small|— Uzzell, 1966}}

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Neusticurus tatei, also known commonly as Tate's neusticurus, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.{{NRDB species|genus=Neusticurus|species=tatei|accessdate=30 July 2019}} The species is endemic to Venezuela.

Etymology

The specific name, tatei, is in honor of American mammalogist George Henry Hamilton Tate.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}}. (Neusticurus tatei, p. 261).

Geographic range

N. tatei is found in the state of Bolívar, Venezuela.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of N. tatei is forest, at altitudes of {{convert|400|–|1,400|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

N. tatei is oviparous.

Neusticurus tatei

Etymology

Geographic range

Habitat

Reproduction

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