Anotosaura vanzolinia

Anotosaura vanzolinia
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Anotosaura
Species:	A. vanzolinia
Binomial name
	Anotosaura vanzolinia; Dixon, 1974

Anotosaura vanzolinia, Vanzolini's anotosaura, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] It is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, vanzolinia, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist and composer Paulo Vanzolini.[3]

Diet and habitat

This organism's diet consists of primarily of ants, termites, and other arthropods of the edaphic microfauna. Some arthropods include members of Arachnida, Crustacea, Hexapoda, and Diploda.[4]

A. vanzolinia's preferred habitat is sparse shrubby vegetation, dense shrubby vegetation, sparse arboreal vegetation, dense arboreal vegetation, sparse shrubby-arboreal vegetation and dense shrubby-arboreal vegetation.[4] They dwell within leaf litter around shrubs, leaf litter among bromeliads, leaf litter around rocky outcrops and isolated leaf litter.[4]

References

Colli, G.R., Fenker, J., Tedeschi, L., Bataus, Y.S.L., Uhlig, V.M., Lima, A., Nogueira, C. de C., Borges-Nojosa, D.M., Costa, G.C., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Silva, J.R.S., Viñas, L.V., Ribeiro Junior, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S.T., Almeida-Santos, P., Valadão, R., de Oliveira, R.B., Avila-Pires, T.C.S., Ferreira, V.L. & de Menezes, V.A. 2019. Anotosaura vanzolinia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T134878968A135334636. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T134878968A135334636.pt. Downloaded on 14 July 2019.
Anotosaura vanzolinia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 July 2019.
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anotosaura vanzolinia, p. 273).
Oliveira, B.H.S. & Pessanha, A.L.M. Microhabitat use and diet of Anotosaura vanzolinia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) in a Caatinga area, Brazil. Biota Neotrop. 13(3)

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[IUCN-1] Colli, G.R., Fenker, J., Tedeschi, L., Bataus, Y.S.L., Uhlig, V.M., Lima, A., Nogueira, C. de C., Borges-Nojosa, D.M., Costa, G.C., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Silva, J.R.S., Viñas, L.V., Ribeiro Junior, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S.T., Almeida-Santos, P., Valadão, R., de Oliveira, R.B., Avila-Pires, T.C.S., Ferreira, V.L. & de Menezes, V.A. 2019. Anotosaura vanzolinia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T134878968A135334636. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T134878968A135334636.pt. Downloaded on 14 July 2019.

[RDB-2] Anotosaura vanzolinia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 July 2019.

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anotosaura vanzolinia, p. 273).

[:0-4] Oliveira, B.H.S. & Pessanha, A.L.M. Microhabitat use and diet of Anotosaura vanzolinia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) in a Caatinga area, Brazil. Biota Neotrop. 13(3)