Loxopholis ferreirai (Rodrigues & Ávila-Pires, 2005), Rodrigues & Avila-Pires, 2005

Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A. & Amaral, Silvana, 2017, Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae, Zootaxa 4269 (2), pp. 151-196 : 171

Loxopholis ferreirai (Rodrigues & Ávila-Pires, 2005)

Type-locality. Archipelago of Anavilhanas, Rio Negro , state of Amazonas, Brazil .

Pertinent taxonomic references. Ávila-Pires (1995), Rodrigues & Ávila-Pires (2005), Laguna et al. (2010), Rodrigues et al. (2013), Goicoechea et al. (2016).

Distribution and habitat. Loxopholis ferreirai is endemic to the archipelago of Anavilhanas, lower Negro River, state of Amazonas, Brazil ( Fig. 12 ). It represents a rare case of endemicity of a terrestrial vertebrate species to an archipelago or island in Amazonia . Loxopholis ferreirai is terrestrial and diurnal, inhabits the igapó forest present on the islands, where it is usually found in the leaf litter and under decomposing trunks and fallen palm leaves (personal communication with T. Ávila-Pires).

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FIGURE 12. Distribution of examined material of Loxopholis ferreirai and Marinussaurus curupira.