Riolama uzzelli

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Rivas, G. |author2=Schargel, W. |date=2016 |title=Riolama uzzelli |volume=2016 |page=e.T67657406A67657410 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67657406A67657410.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Riolama

| species = uzzelli

| authority = C. Molina & Señaris, 2003

| synonyms =

}}

Riolama uzzelli is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.{{NRDB species|genus=Riolama|species=uzzelli|accessdate=6 August 2019}} The species is endemic to Venezuela.

Etymology

The specific name, uzzelli, is in honor of American Herpetologist Thomas Marshall Uzzell, Jr. (born 1932).Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Riolama uzzelli, p. 270).

Geographic range

R. uzzelli is found in the Venezuelan state of Amazonas.

Habitat

The natural habitat of R. uzzelli is the summit of a tepui, at altitudes of {{convert|1,850|–|2,600|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

R. uzzelli is oviparous.

Riolama uzzelli

Etymology

Geographic range

Habitat

Reproduction

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