Gastropholis echinata
Species of lizard
Gastropholis echinata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Gastropholis |
Species: | G. echinata |
Binomial name | |
Gastropholis echinata (Cope, 1862) |
Gastropholis echinata is a species of lizard found in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]
The Latin specific epithet of echinata refers to hedgehog, from echinus.[2]