Loxopholis ferreirai (Rodrigues & Ávila-Pires, 2005), Rodrigues & Avila-Pires, 2005

Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A. & Amaral, Silvana, 2017, Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae, Zootaxa 4269 (2), pp. 151-196 : 171

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.2.1

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DDD8F72E-C27A-4B0F-82EA-17B01B93ED9C

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6001357

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA0C5B-2F6E-FFE5-4EFF-FF62FD30FD96

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Plazi

scientific name

Loxopholis ferreirai (Rodrigues & Ávila-Pires, 2005)
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Loxopholis ferreirai (Rodrigues & Ávila-Pires, 2005) View in CoL

Type-locality. Archipelago of Anavilhanas, Rio Negro , state of Amazonas, Brazil .

Pertinent taxonomic references. Ávila-Pires (1995), Rodrigues & Ávila-Pires (2005), Laguna et al. (2010), Rodrigues et al. (2013), Goicoechea et al. (2016).

Distribution and habitat. Loxopholis ferreirai is endemic to the archipelago of Anavilhanas, lower Negro River, state of Amazonas, Brazil ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 ). It represents a rare case of endemicity of a terrestrial vertebrate species to an archipelago or island in Amazonia . Loxopholis ferreirai is terrestrial and diurnal, inhabits the igapó forest present on the islands, where it is usually found in the leaf litter and under decomposing trunks and fallen palm leaves (personal communication with T. Ávila-Pires).

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