Bachia barbouri

Bachia barbouri
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Bachia
Species:	B. barbouri
Binomial name
Bachia barbouri C.E. Burt & M.D. Burt, 1931

Bachia barbouri, also known commonly as Barbour's bachia, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Peru.

Etymology

The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.[3]

Geographic range

B. barbouri is found in northwestern Peru, in the valleys of the Río Chinchipe, the Río Marañón, and the Río Utcubamba.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of B. barbouri is forest.[2]

Description

The holotype of B. barbouri has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.6 cm (2.2 in). The legs are much reduced. The front leg is short, with only two digits. The back leg is either a small tubercle or is absent.[4]

Reproduction

B. barbouri is oviparous.[2] Each egg measures about 5 mm × 15 mm (0.20 in × 0.59 in).[1]

References

1. Lehr, E.; Perez, J.; Catenazzi, A. (2017). "Bachia barbouri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T48279911A48279916. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48279911A48279916.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Bachia barbouri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 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. (Bachia barbouri, p. 16).
4. Burt CE, Burt MD (1931).

Further reading

• Brongersma LD (1946). "Some notes on species of the genera Bachia and Scolecosaurus ". Zoologische Mededelingen 26 (5): 237–246. (Bachia barbouri, pp. 243–244, Figure 4).
• Burt CE, Burt MD (1931). "South American Lizards in the Collection of the American Museum of Natural History". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 61 (7): 227–395. (Bachia barbouri, new species, pp. 318–320, Figures 5–8).
• Koch C, Venegas PJ, Santa Cruz R, Böhme W (2018). "Annotated checklist and key to the species of amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the northern Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley of the Marañón River and its tributaries". Zootaxa 4385 (1): 1–101.