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Anadia steyeri NIEDEN, 1914

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Steyer's Anadia 
SynonymAnadia steyeri NIEDEN 1914
Anadia steyeri — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 41
Anadia steyeri — BAUER & GÜNTHER 1994
Anadia steyeri — RIVAS-FUENMAYOR et al. 1999 
DistributionVenezuela (Falcon, Carabobo, Aragua)

Type locality: Puerto Cabello, Estado Aragua, Venezuela.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 24293 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Steyer, who was connected with Naturhistorisches Museum, Lübeck. 
References
  • 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
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Loveridge, A. 1929. A new Anadia from Colombia with remarks on other members of the genus. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 42: 99-102 - get paper here
  • Mijares-Urrutia, A. & Arends R., Alexis 1999. Additional New Regional and Local Records of Amphibians and Reptiles from the State of Falcón, Venezuela. Herpetological Review 30 (2): 115 - get paper here
  • Nieden,F. 1914. Beschreibung einer neuen Tejiden-Art nebst Bemerkungen über einige Kriechtiere des Naturhistorischen Museums in Lübeck. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1914: 364-366 - 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 Fuenmayor, Gilson; La Marca, Enrique; Oliveros, Oswaldo 1999. A new species of Anadia (Reptilia: Sauria: Gymnophthalmidae) from northeastern Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 19 (4):27-32 - get paper here
  • Rivas, G. A., Lasso-Alcalá, O. M., Rodríguez-Olarte, D., De Freitas, M., Murphy, J. C., Pizzigalli, C., ... & Jowers, M. J. 2021. Biogeographical patterns of amphibians and reptiles in the northernmost coastal montane complex of South America. Plos one, 16(3): e0246829 - 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
  • Rivas, Gilson A.; Pedro M. Sales-Nunes, James R. Dixon, Walter E. Schargel, José R. Caicedo, Tito R. Barros, Edward G. Camargo, and César L. Barrio-Amorós 2012. Taxonomy, Hemipenial Morphology, and Natural History of Two Poorly Known Species of Anadia (Gymnophthalmidae) from Northern South America. Journal of Herpetology 46 (1): 33-40. - get paper here
 
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