Anadia (lizard) explained

Anadia is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to southern Central America and northern South America.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.

• Anadia altaserrania
• Anadia bitaeniata – two-banded anadia
• Anadia blakei – Blake's anadia
• Anadia bogotensis – Bogota anadia
• Anadia brevifrontalis – shorthead anadia
• Anadia buenaventura
• Anadia bumanguesa
• Anadia escalerae
• Anadia hobarti – Hobart's anadia
• Anadia hollandi
• Anadia marmorata – spotted anadia
• Anadia ocellata – ocellated anadia
• Anadia pamplonensis – Pamplona anadia
• Anadia pariaensis
• Anadia petersi – Peters' anadia
• Anadia pulchella – Ruthven's anadia
• Anadia rhombifera – rhombifer anadia
• Anadia steyeri – Steyer's anadia
• Anadia vittata – Boulenger's anadia

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Anadia.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ, Xenosauridæ, Zonuridæ, Anguidæ, Anniellidæ, Heldermatidæ, Varanidæ, Xantusiidæ, Teiidæ, Amphisbænidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Anadia, p. 398).
• Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Anadia, new genus, p. 58).