Stenolepis Explained

Stenolepis is a genus of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae, a family commonly known as microteiids or spectacled lizards. The genus Stenolepis contains a single species, Stenolepis ridleyi, commonly known as the Pernambuco teiid. The species is endemic to Brazil, and the common name refers to its type locality in Pernambuco state in northeast Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, ridleyi, is in honor of British botanist Henry Nicholas Ridley.^[1]

Geographic range

S. ridleyi is found in the Brazilian states of Ceará and Pernambuco. The type locality given by Boulenger is "the forest of Iguarasse, Pernambuco".^[2]

Habitat

The natural habitats of S. ridleyi are forest and Savanna.

Reproduction

S. ridleyi is oviparous.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1887). "Description of a new Genus of Lizards of the Family Teiidæ". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1887: 640–642. (Stenolepis, new genus, p. 640; S. ridleyi, new species, pp. 640–642, Figures a-d).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Stenolepis ridleyi, p. 221).
2. [George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]