Arthrosaura versteegii explained

Arthrosaura versteegii is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is indigenous to northeastern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, versteegii, is in honor of Gerard Martinus Versteeg (1876–1943), who was a Dutch physician and explorer.^[1]

Geographic range

A. versteegii is found in Brazil (Amazonas), French Guiana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. versteegii are forest and savanna, at altitudes of 100–.

Reproduction

A. versteegii is oviparous.

Further reading

• Ávila-Pires TCS, Hoogmoed MS, Silva MB (2018). "First records in Brazil for Arthrosaura versteegii van Lidth de Jeude, 1904 (Reptilia, Gymnophthalmidae), a possible species complex, and distribution extension for Arthrosaura montigena Myers & Donnelly, 2008, in Venezuela". Check List 14 (4): 569–577.
• Hoogmoed MS, Ávila-Pires TCS (1992). "Studies on the species of the South American lizard genus Arthrosaura Boulenger (Reptilia: Sauria: Teiidae), with the resurrection of two species [''A. versteegii'', ''Pantodactylus tyleri'' ]". Zoologische Mededelingen 66: 453–484.
• Lidth de Jeude TW (1904). "Reptiles and Batrachians from Surinam". Notes from the Leyden Museum 25: 83–94 + Plate 7. (Arthrosaura versteegii, new species, pp. 89–91 + Plate 7, figures 5–6).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Arthrosaura versteegii, p. 274).