Bachia heteropa

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: Bachiini
Genus: Bachia
Species: Bachia heteropa
Name

Bachia heteropa (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856)
References
Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Bachia heteropa. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 September 2021.
Rivas, G. & Murphy, J. 2019. IUCN: Bachia heteropa (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44578412A44578425. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44578412A44578425.en

Vernacular names
English: LaGuaira Bachia

Bachia heteropa is a species of "microteiid" lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to the Caribbean and northern South America. There are two recognized subspecies.

Common names

Common names for B. heteropa include La Guaira bachia, LaGuaira bachia, and worm lizard (in English), and falsa vibora común and lagartija lombriz (in Spanish).[2]
Geographic range

The distribution of B. heteropa includes Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.[2]
Description

B. heteropa can reach a length of 64 mm (2.5 in) snout-to-vent, and its tail may be more than 1.5 times that long. Its limbs are very small relative to its body length. It has four digits on each forelimb, and two digits on each hindlimb. Its body is covered by rows of large, overlapping, hexagonal scales.
Habitat

B. heteropa lives in forests, at altitudes from sea level to 700 m (2,300 ft), where it dwells in leaf-litter.[1]
Diet

B. heteropa feeds on arthropods and their larvae.[citation needed]
Reproduction

B. heteropa is oviparous.[2]
Subspecies

Two subspecies of Bachia heteropa are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

Bachia heteropa heteropa (Wiegmann, 1856)
Bachia heteropa marcelae Donoso-Barros & Garrido, 1964

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Bachia.
References

Rivas, G.; Murphy, J. (2019). "Bachia heteropa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T44578412A44578425. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44578412A44578425.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

Species Bachia heteropa at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). Reptiles and Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. London: Macmillan Education Ltd. ISBN 0-333-69141-5. (p. 107).
Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Bachia heteropus, p. 109).
Wiegmann AFA (1856). In: Lichtenstein H, von Martens E (1856). Nomenclator et amphibiorum Musei Zoologici Berolinensis. Namenverzeichniss der in der zoologischen Sammlung der Königlichen Universität zu Berlin aufgestellten Arten von Reptilien und Amphibien nach ihren Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen. Berlin: Königliche Akademie der Wissenschaften. iv + 48 pp. (Chalcides heteropus, new species, p. 17). (in German and Latin).