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Dryadosaura nordestina RODRIGUES, XAVIER FREIRE, MACHADO-PELLEGRINO & SITES, 2005

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Ecpleopodinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Lagartinho-do-Folhiço 
SynonymDryadosaura nordestina RODRIGUES, XAVIER FREIRE, MACHADO PELLEGRINO & SITES 2005 
DistributionBrazil (Paraiba, Bahia, Pernambuco, Sergipe)

Type locality: João Pessoa (07°07’S, 34°52’W): state of Paraiba: Brazil  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP 60635, an adult male, collected by Miguel T. Rodrigues 6 September 1983. 
Diagnosis 
CommentThis specis and genus is most closely related to Anotosaura sp.

Type species: Dryadosaura nordestina RODRIGUES et al. 2005 is the type species of the genus Dryadosaura RODRIGUES et al. 2005. 
EtymologyFrom the Greek Dryades, meaning ‘wood-land nymph’. This was the first name proposed (by Carl Philipp von Martius) for the biogeographical province of the Atlantic Forest. “Nordestina” referes to the type locality, the north-eastern part of Brazil. 
References
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