Anadia petersi OFTEDAL, 1974

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Higher Taxa	Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Peters' Anadia
Synonym	Anadia ocellata PETERS 1959: 121 (in error) Anadia petersi OFTEDAL 1974: 226 Anadia petersi — BETANCOURT et al. 2018
Distribution	SC Ecuador (Loja) Type locality: Ecuador, Loja, San Ramon, near Loja.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 193221
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Comment	Synonymy: after Oftedal (1974).
Etymology	Named after James A. Peters (1922-1972), American herpetologist, specializing on South American reptiles.
References	AMÉZQUITA, A., DAZA, J. M., CONTRERAS, L. A. B., OREJUELA, C., & BARRIENTOS, L. S. & MAZARIEGOS H., L. A. 2022. One more and one less: a new species of large bromelicolous lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Anadia) from the Andean cloud forests of northwestern Colombia and the phylogenetic status of Anadia antioquensis. Zootaxa 5150 (2): 217-238 - get paper here Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, L.; Vieira, J. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 pp. - get paper here Betancourt, Raquel; Carolina Reyes-Puig, Simón E. Lobos, Mario H. Yánez- Muñoz & Omar Torres-Carvajal 2018. Sistemática de los saurios Anadia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) de Ecuador: límite de especies, distribución geográfica y descripción de una especie nueva. Neotropical Biodiversity, 4:1, 82-101, DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2018.1487694 - 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 Peters, J.A. 1959. Notas miscelaneas sobre saurios del Ecuador. Ciencia y Naturaleza 2: 118-124 Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/reptiliaweb/FichaEspecie/Anadia%20petersi Google images

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