Colobosauroides carvalhoi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to Northeast Region, Brazil.
Etymology The specific name, carvalhoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Antenor Leitão de Carvalho.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Colobosauroides carvalhoi, p. 49).
Geographic range C. carvalhoi is found in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Piauí. The distribution of C. carvalhoi is structured within the southern canyons, with a marked reduction in abundance from the base of rock cliffs through the central portion of the valleys.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of C. carvalhoi is savanna.
Description Adults of C. carvalhoi have an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , with a tail slightly longer than SVL.
Reproduction C. carvalhoi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Recoder, Renato Sousa; Magalhães-Júnior, Arnaldo; Rodrigues, Juliana; Pinto, Hugo Bonfim de Arruda; Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut; Camacho, Agustín (2018). "Thermal Constraints Explain the Distribution of the Climate Relict Lizard Colobosauroides carvalhoi (Gymnophthalmidae) in the Semiarid Caatinga". South American Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 248–259. Soares MA, Caramaschi U (1998). "Espécie nova de Colobosauroides Cunha, Lima-Verde & Lima, 1991 do estado da Bahia, Brasil (Squamata, Sauria, Gymnophthalmidae)". Boletim do Museu Nacional. Zoologia, Nova Série Zoologia, Rio de Janeiro (388): 1–8. (Colobosauroides carvalhoi, new species). (in Portuguese).