| Etymology | Named after Greek a- (α-), privative particle + Greek blepharon (βλέφαρον), the eyelids. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024)
The genus was named after Greek nothos (νόθος), cross-bred; bastard + Latin Bachia, lizard genus due to Gray, 1845. |
| References |
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