Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae
Author
Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A.
Author
Amaral, Silvana
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4269.2.1
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Gymnophthalmus underwoodi
Grant, 1958
Type-locality.
Barbados, B.W.I.
Pertinent taxonomic references.
Grant (1958), Hoogmoed (1973), Vanzolini (1976),
Cunha
(1981), Cole
et al.
(1989, 1990, 1993), Martins (1991a), Schwartz & Henderson (1991), Vanzolini & Carvalho (1991), Hoogmoed
et al.
(1992), Ávila-Pires (1995), Yonenaga-Yassuda
et al.
(1995), Carvalho (1997), Kizirian & Cole (1999), Benozzati & Rodrigues (2003), Goicoechea
et al
. (2016).
Distribution and habitat.
Gymnophthalmus underwoodi
occurs in northern South America and Lesser Antilles, in
Brazil
,
French Guiana
,
Suriname
,
Guyana
,
Venezuela
,
Trinidad and
Tobago
,
Barbados
,
Dominica
,
Guadeloupe
, and
Saint Vincent and
Grenadines
(
Fig. 10
). In Brazilian
Amazonia
it is known from the states of
Amazonas
and
Roraima
, along the
Negro River
and the Branco river system.
Gymnophthalmus underwoodi
is parthenogenetic (only females known), terrestrial, and diurnal, inhabits primary open forests, transition areas of lowland forest and open vegetation, river beaches, and perianthropic situations, where it is mainly found in sunny places among leaf litter, but also in grass and sandy open soil (Hoogmoed 1973; Ávila-Pires 1995; Yonenaga- Yassuda
et al
. 1995; Vitt & Zani 1998; Caldwell & Vitt 1999; Fields & Horrocks 2011).