Micrablepharus

Micrablepharus is a small genus of lizards endemic to South America.^[1]

Micrablepharus
Micrablepharus atticolus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe:	Gymnophthalmini
Genus:	Micrablepharus Boettger, 1885

Species

There are two species:^[1]

• Micrablepharus atticolus Rodrigues, 1996
• Micrablepharus maximiliani (J.T. Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus, in this case a genus other than Micrablepharus.

Etymology

The specific name, maximiliani, is in honor of German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied.^[2]

References

1. Micrablepharus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 March 2015.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Micrablepharus maximiliani, p. 171).

Further reading

• Boettger O (1885). "Liste von Reptilien und Batrachiern aus Paraguay ". Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften (Halle) 58: 213–248. (Micrablepharus, new genus, p. 217). (in German and Latin).
• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Micrablepharus, p. 426; species M. maximiliani, pp. 426–427).
• Reinhardt J, Lütken C (1862). "Bidrag til Kundskab om Brasiliens Padder og Krybdr. Förste Afdeling: Padderne og Öglerne ". Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn 1861 (10-15): 143–242. (Gymnophthalmus maximiliani, new species, pp. 211–214 + Plate V, figures 6a-6g). (in Danish).
• Rodrigues MT (1996). "A New Species of Lizard, Genus Micrablepharus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), from Brazil ". Herpetologica 52 (4): 535–541. (Micrablepharus atticolus, new species).