Bachia dorbignyi

Bachia dorbignyi, also known commonly as Dorbigny's bachia and lagarto-sem-pata in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is native to central South America.

Bachia dorbignyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Bachia
Species:
B. dorbignyi
Binomial name
Bachia dorbignyi
Synonyms[2]
  • Chalcides dorbignyi
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Bachia dorbignyi
    —Gray, 1845
  • Cophias dorbignyi
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Bachia dorbignyi
    — Garman, 1892

Etymology

The specific name, dorbignyi, is in honor of French Naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny.[3]

Geographic range

B. dorbignyi is found in eastern Bolivia, western Brazil, and southeastern Peru.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of B. dorbignyi are forest and savanna.[1]

Reproduction

B. dorbignyi is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Aparicio J, Avila-Pires TCS, Moravec J, Nogueira C, Perez P (2019). "Bachia dorbignyi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T48279951A63715666.en. Accessed on 07 September 2022.
  2. Bachia dorbignyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 July 2019.
  3. 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. (Bachia dorbignyi, p. 74).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Cophias dorbignyi, new combination, p. 419).
  • Castrillon ME, Strussmann C (1998). "Nova espécie de Bachia e a presença de B. Dorbignyi (Duméril & Bibron) no sudoeste de Mato Grosso, Brasil (Sauria, Gymnopthalmidae)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 15 (3): 567–581. (in Portuguese, with an abstract in English).
  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. ("Chalcides Dorbignyi ", new species, pp. 462–463. (in French).
  • Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. ("Bachia D'Orbignii ", new combination, p. 58).


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