Martinique spectacled tegu

Gymnophthalmus pleii, known commonly as the Martinique spectacled tegu and the rough-scaled worm lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae, a family known commonly as "microteiids". The species is found in the Caribbean, on the Lesser Antilles islands of Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, and Maria I.

Gymnophthalmus pleii
in Martinique
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Gymnophthalmus
Species:
G. pleii
Binomial name
Gymnophthalmus pleii
Bocourt, 1881
Subspecies
  • G. p. pleii Bocourt, 1881
  • G. p. luetkeni Bocourt, 1881
  • G. p. nesydrion Thomas, 1965
Synonyms
  • Gymnophthalmus pleei [sic]

Taxonomy and geographic range

The nominate subspecies, G. p. pleii, is endemic to Martinique, and G. p. luetkeni and G. p. nesydrion are restricted to Saint Lucia. The populations on Guadeloupe and Dominica have not yet been assigned to subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name pleii, is in honor of French botanist Auguste Plée.[2]

References
  1. Daltry, J.C.; Powell, R.; Dewynter, M. (2017). "Gymnophthalmus pleii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178396A71745871. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178396A71745871.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 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. ("Gymnophthalmus pleei [sic]", p. 208).

Further reading
  • Boulenger, George Albert (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. (Gymnophthalmus pleii, p. 429).
  • Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. London: Macmillan Education Ltd. pp. 33–34, 84, 91, 93. ISBN 0-333-69141-5.
  • Schwartz, Albert; Henderson, Robert W. (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. ISBN 0-8130-1049-7.
  • Schwartz, Albert; Thomas, Richard (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh: Trustees of Carnegie Institute. 216 pp. ("Gymnophthalmus pleei [sic]", p. 123).



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