Anadia blakei

Anadia blakei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Anadia
Species:
A. blakei
Binomial name
Anadia blakei
Schmidt, 1932

Anadia blakei, also known commonly as Blake's anadia, is an endangered species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Venezuela.[1][2]

Etymology

A. blakei is named after American ornithologist Emmet "Bob" Reid Blake (1908–1997).[2][3]

Geographic range

A. blakei is found in the Venezuelan state of Sucre.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. blakei is forest, at altitudes of 900–1,830 m (2,950–6,000 ft).[1]

Description

A. blakei has 28 scales around the body at midbody. It is uniformly brown dorsally, and paler ventrally. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9 cm (3.5 in), and a broken, incomplete tail.[4]

Diet

A. blakei preys upon insects, insect larvae, and slugs.[1]

Reproduction

A. blakei is oviparous.[2]

Conservation status

A. blakei is considered "Endangered" because of its small geographic range, and because of ongoing habitat loss from agricultural expansion and construction of roads and communication antennae.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Schargel W, Rivas G (2017). "Anadia blakei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44578138A44578142. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44578138A44578142.en. Downloaded on 6 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e Anadia blakei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anadia blakei, p. 26).
  4. ^ Schmidt (1932).

Further reading

  • Myers CW, Rivas Fuenmayor G, Jadin RC (2009). "New Species of Lizards from Auyantepui and La Escalera in the Venezuelan Guayana, with Notes on "Microteiid" Hemipenes (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)". American Museum Novitates (3660): 1–31. (Anadia blakei, pp. 19–24, Figures 12–14, Table 3). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
  • Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
  • Schmidt KP (1932). "Reptiles and Amphibians of the Mandel Venezuelan Expedition". Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 18 (7): 159–163. (Anadia blakei, new species, pp. 161–162).


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