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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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: Cercosaurini
Genus: Anadia
Species: Anadia hobarti
Name

Anadia hobarti La-Marca & Garcia-Perez, 1990

Type locality: Páramo El Riecito, 2625 m elevation, near the haedwaters of Río Castán and Río Riecito (a.k.a. Esdorá), S of the village of Ortíz, about 15 km straight line SE of the city of Trujillo, Distrito and Estado Trujillo, Venezuela (9° 14’ N, 70° 24’ W).

Holotype: ULABG 1715.
References

La Marca E.; Garcia Perez J.E. 1990: A new species of high Andean Anadia (Sauria: Teiidae) from Paramo el Riecito, Estado Trujillo, Venezuela. Herpetologica, 46(3): 275–282.
Rivas Fuenmayor, Gilson; La Marca, Enrique; Oliveros, Oswaldo 1999: A new species of Anadia (Reptilia: Sauria: Gymnophthalmidae) from northeastern Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 19(4): 27–32.

Vernacular names
English: Hobart's Anadia

Anadia hobarti, also known commonly as Hobart's anadia, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, hobarti, is in honor of American herpetologist Hobart Muir Smith.[3]
Geographic range

A. hobarti is found in northwestern Venezuela, in the Venezuelan state of Trujillo.[2]
Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. hobarti are grassland and forest, at an altitude of 2,625 m (8,612 ft).[1]
Reproduction

A. hobarti is oviparous.[2]
References

Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2019). "Anadia hobarti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T44578192A44578196. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44578192A44578196.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Anadia hobarti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.

Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anadia hobarti, p. 124).

Further reading

La Marca E, García-Pérez JE (1990). "A New Species of High Andean Anadia (Sauria: Teiidae) from Paramo el Riecito, Estado Trujillo, Venezuela". Herpetologica 46 (3): 275–282. (Anadia hobarti, new species).
Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.

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