Alopoglossus kugleri, also known commonly as Kugler's largescale lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae.[2] The species is endemic to Venezuela.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Alopoglossidae |
| Genus: | Alopoglossus |
| Species: | A. kugleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Alopoglossus kugleri (Roux, 1927)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, kugleri, is in honor of Swiss geologist Hans Gottfried Kugler.[3]
Description
editDorsally, A. kugleri is black. Ventrally, it is brick red.[2]
Geographic range
editA. kugleri is found in northwestern Venezuela, in the states of Aragua, Carabobo, and Falcón.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of A. kugleri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Rivas G, Schargel W (2016). "Ptychoglossus kugleri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203065A2759752. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203065A2759752.en. Downloaded on 05 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d Alopoglossus kugleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.
- ^ 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. (Ptychoglossus kugleri, p. 147).
Further reading
edit- Harris DM (1994). "Review of the Teiid Lizard Genus Ptychoglossus ". Herpetological Monographs 8: 226–275. (Ptychoglossus kugleri, p. 248).
- Hernández Morales C, Sturaro MJ, Nunes PMS, Lotzkat S, Peloso PLV (2020). "A species-level total evidence phylogeny of the microteiid lizard family Alopoglossidae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea)". Cladistics 33 (3): 301–321. (Alopoglossus kugleri, new combination, Table 5).
- Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211 (1): 1–64. (Ptychoglossus kugleri). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Roux J (1927). "Contribution à l'erpétologie du Vénézuéla". Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 38: 252–261. (Ptychoglossus kugleri, new species). (in French).
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