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Anadia brevifrontalis (BOULENGER, 1903)

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Shorthead Anadia 
SynonymEuspondylus brevifrontalis BOULENGER 1903: 431
Anadia bitaeniata BURT & BURT 1930 (in error)
Euspondylus brevifrontalis — FOUQUETTE 1968
Euspondylus brevifrontalis — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 121
Anadia brevifrontalis — OFTEDAL 1974
Anadia brevifrontalis — BAUER & GÜNTHER 1994
Anadia brevifrontalis — ARREDONDO 2013 
DistributionVenezuela (Merida), elevation above 3000 m.

Type locality: Río Albarregas and Escorial, Estado Mérida, Venezuela.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1903.6.30.34, 1903.10.30.1-2 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1433 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin brevis, short, little, small, stunted and Latin frontalis, related to the forehead. [“...Snout short, obtuse...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Arredondo, Juan C. 2013. A new species of gymnophthalmid lizard of the genus Anadia (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from Northern Andes of Colombia. Amphibia-Reptilia 34 (2): 173-184. - get paper here
  • Bauer, A.M. and R. Günther 1994. An annotated type catalogue of the teiid and microteiid lizards in the Zoological Museum, Berlin (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 70:267-280 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1903. Descriptions of new lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 12: 429-435 - get paper here
  • Fouquette, M. J. 1968. Observations on the natural history of microteiid lizards from the Venezuelan Andes [Euspondylus]. Copeia 1968 (4): 881-884 - get paper here
  • Harris D M; Ayala S C 1987. A new Anadia (Sauria: Teiidae) from Colombia and restoration of Anadia pamplonensis Dunn to species status. Herpetologica 43 (2): 182-190 - get paper here
  • Oftedal,O.T. 1974. A revision of the genus Anadia (Sauria, Teiidae). Arquivos de Zoologia, Sao Paulo 25: 203-265 - get paper here
  • RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - get paper here
  • Swain, T.A., F. Arp & R.D. Younkin 1980. A Preliminary Report on the Ecology of a Tropical, High Altitude Lizard, Anadia brevifrontalis Journal of Herpetology 14 (4): 321-326. - get paper here
 
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