Loxopholis southi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Loxopholis
Species:
L. southi
Binomial name
Loxopholis southi
(Ruthven & Gaige, 1924)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leposoma southi
    Ruthven & Gaige, 1924
  • Loxopholis southi
    — Goicoechea, 2016

Loxopholis southi, also known commonly as the northern spectacled lizard and the southern leposoma, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America. There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, southi, is in honor of John Glover South (1873–1940), who was an American physician and diplomat.[3]

Geographic range

L. southi is found in Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia.[2]

Reproduction

L. southi is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies:[2]

  • Loxopholis southi orientalis (Taylor, 1955)
  • Loxopholis southi southi (Ruthven & Gaige, 1924)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Loxopholis.

References

  1. ↑ Acosta Chaves V, Batista A, García Rodríguez A, Vargas Álvarez J, Velasco J, Arredondo JC, Bolívar W, Gutierrez P (2015). "Leposoma southi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T203058A115346975. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T203058A2759594.en. Downloaded on 28 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Loxopholis southi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 July 2019.
  3. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leposoma southi, p. 248).

Further reading

  • Goicoechea N, Frost DR, De la Riva I, Pelligrino KCM, Sites J Jr, Rodrigues MT, Padial JM (2016). "Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment". Cladistics 32 (6): 624–671. (Loxopholis southi, new combination, p. 670).
  • Ruthven AG, Gaige HT (1924). "A new Leposoma from Panama". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (147): 1–3. (Leposoma southi, new species).
  • Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. xx + 945 pp. ISBN 978-0226735382.
  • Taylor EH (1955). "Additions to the Known Herpetological Fauna of Costa Rica with Comments on Other Species. No. II.". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 37: 499–575. (Leposoma southi orientalis, new subspecies, p. 546).


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