Oreosaurus shrevei
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Oreosaurus |
| Species: | O. shrevei
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| Binomial name | |
| Oreosaurus shrevei (Parker, 1935)
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Oreosaurus shrevei, known commonly as the luminous lizard or Shreve's lightbulb lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to the Northern Range of mountains of the island of Trinidad in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. This species was for some time erroneously alleged to be bioluminescent (hence its common name - luminous lizard).
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, shrevei, is in honor of American herpetologist Benjamin Shreve.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of O. shrevei is tropical montane forest, at altitudes of 600–981 m (1,969–3,219 ft), where it utilizes rock crevices and leaf litter on the forest floor, on stream banks and at the mouths of caves. [1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Murphy J (2016). "Riama shrevei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T178338A71745464. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178338A71745464.en. Downloaded on 31 July 2019.
- ^ a b c Oreosaurus shrevei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 July 2019.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Riama shrevei, p. 243).
Further reading
[edit]- Knight, C. M., W. H. N. Gutzke, and V. C. Quesnel. 2004. Shedding light on the Luminous lizard (Proctoporus shrevei) of Trinidad. Caribbean Journal of Science 40(3): 422-426
- Parker HW (1935). "The New Teiid Lizard in Trinidad". Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad 12 (11): 283.
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