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Bachia blairi
Bachia blairi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to Central America.
From the article Bachia blairi on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
B. blairi has reduced limbs. Each front leg has four digits, and each hind leg has three digits. Its body coloration is similar to P. pallidiceps. However, B. blairi does not have a bright, light-colored lateral stripe.
Range & habitat
The preferred natural habitat of B. blairi is forest, at altitudes of 2–40 m (6.6–131.2 ft).
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
B. blairi is terrestrial and semifossorial, living in the leaf litter of undisturbed rainforest.
Wikipedia: “Behavior”
In human culture
The specific name, blairi, is in honor of American businessman Henry Sterling Blair, a manager of United Fruit Company in Panama, who was also an amateur herpetologist.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Bachia blairi in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 539389.