Bachia geralista

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Bachiini
Genus: Bachia
Species: Bachia geralista

Name

• Bachia geralista Teixeira Jr., Recoder, Camacho, Sena, Navas & Rodrigues, 2013

Holotype: MZUSP 99408, an adult, collected by the authors on 25th January, 2008. Field number MTJ 212.

Type locality: Parque Nacional das Cavernas do Peruaçu, (15°09'14.04"S, 44°18'4.32" W, 740 m elevation, WGS84), Januária municipality, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Etymology: geralista is an old Brazilian term applied to the inhabitants of the Planalto dos Gerais from which the new species seems to be endemic.

References

Primary references

• Teixeira Jr., M., Recoder, R.S., Camacho, A., Sena, M.A., Navas, C.A. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2013. A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Eastern Brazilian Cerrado, and data on its ecology, physiology and behavior. Zootaxa 3616(2): 173–189. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.2.6 Reference page.