Английская Википедия:Bachia heteropa

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Bachia heteropa is a species of "microteiid" lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to the Caribbean and northern South America. There are two recognized subspecies.

Common names

Common names for B. heteropa include La Guaira bachia, LaGuaira bachia, and worm lizard (in English), and falsa vibora común and lagartija lombriz (in Spanish).

Geographic range

The distribution of B. heteropa includes Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

Description

B. heteropa can reach a length of Шаблон:Convert snout-to-vent, and its tail may be more than 1.5 times that long. Its limbs are very small relative to its body length. It has four digits on each forelimb, and two digits on each hindlimb. Its body is covered by rows of large, overlapping, hexagonal scales.

Habitat

B. heteropa lives in forests, at altitudes from sea level to Шаблон:Convert, where it dwells in leaf-litter.

Diet

B. heteropa feeds on arthropods and their larvae.Шаблон:Citation needed

Reproduction

B. heteropa is oviparous.

Subspecies

Two subspecies of Bachia heteropa are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

• Bachia heteropa heteropa Шаблон:Small
• Bachia heteropa marcelae Шаблон:Small

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Bachia.

Further reading

• Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). Reptiles and Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. London: Macmillan Education Ltd. Шаблон:Isbn. (p. 107).
• Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Bachia heteropus, p. 109).
• Wiegmann AFA (1856). In: Lichtenstein H, von Martens E (1856). Nomenclator et amphibiorum Musei Zoologici Berolinensis. Namenverzeichniss der in der zoologischen Sammlung der Königlichen Universität zu Berlin aufgestellten Arten von Reptilien und Amphibien nach ihren Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen. Berlin: Königliche Akademie der Wissenschaften. iv + 48 pp. (Chalcides heteropus, new species, p. 17). (in German and Latin).

External links

• Bachia heteropa at the Encyclopedia of Life.

Шаблон:Gymnophthalmidae-stub