Oreosaurus shrevei

Oreosaurus shrevei, known commonly as the luminous lizard or Shreve's lightbulb lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.^[2] The species is endemic to the Northern Range of mountains of the island of Trinidad in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. This species was for some time erroneously alleged to be bioluminescent (hence its common name - luminous lizard).

Oreosaurus shrevei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Oreosaurus
Species:	O. shrevei
Binomial name
Oreosaurus shrevei (Parker, 1935)
Synonyms[2]
Proctoporus (Oreosaurus) shrevei Parker, 1935 Proctoporus shrevei — J. Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970 Riama shrevei — Doan & Castoe, 2005 Oreosaurus shrevei — Sánchez-Pacheco et al., 2017

Etymology

The specific name, shrevei, is in honor of American herpetologist Benjamin Shreve.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of O. shrevei is tropical montane forest, at altitudes of 600–981 m (1,969–3,219 ft), where it utilizes rock crevices and leaf litter on the forest floor, on stream banks and at the mouths of caves. ^[1]

Reproduction

O. shrevei is oviparous.^[2]