Anadia ocellata

Anadia ocellata
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Anadia
Species:	A. ocellata
Binomial name
Anadia ocellata Gray, 1845
Synonyms
Anadia ocellata Gray, 1845 Ecleopus (Euspondylus) ocellatus — W. Peters, 1862 Chalcidolepis metallicus Cope, 1875 Leposoma ocellatum — Cope, 1885 Anadia metallica — Boulenger, 1885 Anadia ocellata — J. Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970

Anadia ocellata, commonly known as the ocellated anadia or ocellated bromeliad lizard , is a species of lizard endemic to the Americas.

Description

A. ocellata is a small and slender lizard. Its body is cylindrical with a long tail that is very sensitive and quickly subject to autotomy when in danger or when manipulated inadequately.

Geographic range

A. ocellata is distributed from Costa Rica to Ecuador.

Habitat and behavior

A. ocellata is rather unusual for a lizard in that it has frequently been found in, or close to, bromeliads. Thus its habits are considered arboreal, which would account for its scarceness.

References

Further reading

• Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Anadia ocellata, pp. 398–399, description of holotype; and A. metallica, p. 400).
• Gray JE. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Anadia ocellata, new species, p. 58).

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