Alopoglossus gorgonae is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.
Etymology
The specific name, gorgonae, refers to the type locality, Gorgona Island, Colombia.
Geographic range
A. gorgonae is found in southwestern Colombia and adjacent northwestern Ecuador.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. gorgonae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to .
Reproduction
A. gorgonae is oviparous.
References
Further reading
- ; , Villaquirán-MartÃÂnez, Diego F. (2012). Diversidad de Anfibios y Reptiles del Parque Nacional Gorgona: Herpetofauna de la isla Gorgona en el PacÃÂfico colombiano, Legado de la naturaleza que se atrapó en este refugio de vida. Cali: Laboratorio de HerpetologÃÂa, Deparamento de BiologÃÂa, Universidad del Valle. 112 pp. . (Ptychoglossus gorgonae).
- (1994). "A Review of the Teiid Lizard Genus Ptychoglossus ". Herpetological Monographs 8: 226âÂÂ275. (Ptychoglossus gorgonae, new species, p. 244).
- , , , , (2020). "A species-level total evidence phylogeny of the microteiid lizard family Alopoglossidae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea)". Cladistics 36 (3): 301âÂÂ321. (Alopoglossus gorgonae, new combination).
- , , (2019). "Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1) [General Section]: 209âÂÂ229 (e178). (Ptychoglossus gorgonae).