Stenolepis

Stenolepis is a genus of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae, a family commonly known as microteiids or spectacled lizards. The genus Stenolepis contains a single species, Stenolepis ridleyi, commonly known as the Pernambuco teiid. The species is endemic to Brazil, and the common name refers to its type locality in Pernambuco state in northeast Brazil.^[2]

Stenolepis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Stenolepis Boulenger, 1887
Species:	S. ridleyi
Binomial name
Stenolepis ridleyi Boulenger, 1887

Etymology

The specific name, ridleyi, is in honor of British botanist Henry Nicholas Ridley.^[3]

Geographic range

S. ridleyi is found in the Brazilian states of Ceará and Pernambuco.^[2] The type locality given by Boulenger is "the forest of Iguarasse, Pernambuco".^[4]

Habitat

The natural habitats of S. ridleyi are forest and Savanna.^[1]

Reproduction

S. ridleyi is oviparous.^[2]