Loxopholis osvaldoi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.
Etymology The specific name, osvaldoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Leposoma osvaldoi, p. 197).
Description Loxopholis osvaldoi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .
Geographic distribution Loxopholis osvaldoi is found in the Brazilian states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, and Rondônia.
Habitat The natural habitat of Loxopholis osvaldoi is forest.
Behavior Loxopholis osvaldoi is diurnal and terrestrial, foraging in leaf litter on the ground.
Diet Loxopholis osvaldoi preys upon arthropods.
Reproduction Loxopholis osvaldoi is oviparous.
References
Further reading
Ávila-Pires TCS (1995). "Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 299: 1–706. (Leposoma osvaldoi, new species, p. 394). (in English, with abstracts in Portuguese and Spanish). Goicoechea N, Frost DR, De la Riva I, Pellegrino KCM, Sites J Jr, Rodrigues MT, Padial JM (2016). "Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment". Cladistics 32 (6): 624–671. (Loxopholis osvaldoi, new combination, p. 670).
Ribeiro-Júnior MA, Amaral S (2017). "Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae". Zootaxa 4269 (2): 151–196.