Oplurus grandidieri

Oplurus grandidieri
Oplurus grandidieri, Anja Community Reserve
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Infraorder: Iguania
Family: Opluridae
Genus: Oplurus
Species: O. grandidieri
Binomial name
Oplurus grandidieri
(Mocquard, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Hoplurus grandidieri Mocquard, 1900
  • Oplurus grandidieri Savage, 1952[2]

Grandidier's Madagascar swift (Oplurus grandidieri ) is a species of saxicolous (rock dwelling) lizard of the genus Oplurus.

Etymology

The specific name grandidieri, is in honor of French naturalist Alfred Grandidier.[3]

Description

Grandidier's Madagascar swift has a distinctive light mid-dorsal band.

Geographic range

Oplurus grandidieri is endemic to Madagascar. It has been found in a number of localities in the southern central highlands.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Oplurus grandidieri ". /www.iucnredlist.org. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  2. "Oplurus grandidieri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Oplurus grandidieri, p. 105).

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