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Oplurus grandidieri

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| image = Lézard Madagascar 02.jpg

| image_caption = Oplurus grandidieri, Anja Community Reserve

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Raxworthy, C.J. |author-link=species:Christopher John Raxworthy |date=2011 |title=Oplurus grandidieri |volume=2011 |page=e.T172961A6949003 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172961A6949003.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Oplurus

| species = grandidieri

| authority = (Mocquard, 1900)

| synonyms = *Hoplurus grandidieri
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  • Oplurus grandidieri
    {{small|— Savage, 1952}}

| synonyms_ref ={{EMBL species|genus=Oplurus|species=grandidieri}} www.reptile-database.org.

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Grandidier's Madagascar swift (Oplurus grandidieri) is a species of saxicolous (rock dwelling) lizard in the family Opluridae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name grandidieri, is in honor of French naturalist Alfred Grandidier.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}}. (Oplurus grandidieri, p. 105).

Description

Grandidier's Madagascar swift has a distinctive light mid-dorsal stripe.

Geographic range

On the island of Madagascar, O. grandidieri has been found in a number of localities in the southern central highlands.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of O. grandidieri is rocky areas in forest, shrubland, or grassland.

Reproduction

O. grandidieri is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. {{ISBN|978-3929449-01-3}}. (Oplurus grandidieri, p. 261).
  • Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. {{ISBN|978-3929449-03-7}}.
  • Mocquard F (1900). "Nouvelle contribution à la faune herpétologique de Madagascar ". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, Neuvième Série [Series 9] 2: 93–111. (Hoplurus grandidieri, new species, pp. 105–106). (in French).
  • Savage JM (1952). "The Correct Generic Names for the Iguanid Lizards of Madagascar and the Fiji Islands". Copeia 1952 (3): 182. (Oplurus grandidieri, new combination).

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Category:Oplurus

Category:Reptiles of Madagascar

Category:Endemic fauna of Madagascar

Category:Reptiles described in 1900

Category:Taxa named by François Mocquard

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