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Taxonomy of the genus Bachia Biodiversity of the family Gymnophthalmidae

Bibliography of the genus
Bachia (Earless Tejus)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Gymnophthalmidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Bachia in general

Brongersma, L.D. 1946. Some notes on species of the genera Bachia and Scolecosaurus. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 26: 237-246.

Cunha, O.R. da 1958. I. Lacertilios da Amazonia. Sobre a ocorrencia do genero Bachia Gray, 1845, na Amazonia Brasileira, (Lacertilia - Teiidae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi (Zoologia) 11: 1-12.

Cunha, O.R. da 1958. Lacertilios da Amazônia. Sôbre a ocorrência do gênero Bachia Gray, 1845, na Amazônia Brasileira, (Lacertilia-Teiidae.). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi (Zoologia) 11: 1-12.

Dixon, J.R. 1973. A systematic review of the teiid lizards, genus Bachia, with remarks on Heterodactylus and Anotosaura. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publications 57: 1-47.

Galis, F.; Arntzen, J.W.; Lande, R. 2010. Dollo's law and the irreversibility of digit loss in Bachia. Evolution 64(8): 2466-2476.

Garman, S. 1892. On Cophias and Bachia. Bull. Essex Inst. 24: 96-97.

Hoogmoed, M.S.; Dixon, J.R. 1977. A new species of Bachia (Teiidae, Sauria) from Estado Bolivar, Venezuela, with notes on the zoogeography of the genus. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 51(2): 25-31.

Kohlsdorf, T.; Lynch, V.J.; Rodrigues, M.T.; Brandley, M.C.; Wagner, G.P. 2010. Data and data interpretation in the study of limb evolution: a reply to Galis et al. on the reevolution of digits in the lizard genus Bachia. Evolution 64(8): 2477-2485.

Kohlsdorf, T.; Wagner, G.P. 2006. Evidence for the reversibility of digit loss: a phylogenetic study of limb evolution in Bachia (Gymnophthalmidae: Squamata). Evolution 60(9): 1896-1912.

Presch, W. 1975. The evolution of limb reduction in the teiid lizard genus Bachia. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 74(3): 113.121.

Roux, J. 1929. Sur deux reptiles nouveaux du Venezuela. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 40(2): 29-34.

Ruthven, A.G. 1925. Lizards of the genus Bachia. Proceedings Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 38(3): 101-109.

Soares, M. 2000. Estudo do esqueleto cefalico de Anotosaura Amaral, 1933, Bachia Gray, 1845 e Heterodactylus Spix, 1825 (Squamata, Teiioidea, Gymnophthalmidae). Boletim do Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro (Zoologia) 426: 1-20.

Thomas, R. 1965. The smaller teiid lizards (Gymnophthalmus and Bachia) of the southeastern Caribbean. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 78: 141-154.

Vanzolini, P.E. 1961. Bachia: espécies Brazileiras e conceito genérico (Sauria, Teiidae). Pap. Dep. Zool. Sec. Agric. S. Paulo 14(22): 193-209.

Bachia barbouri

Dixon, J.R. 1971. Natural hybrids between the South American microteiid species, Bachia barbouri and Bachia intermedia. Journal of Herpetology 5: 205-207.

Loveridge, A. 1933. On Bachia intermedia Noble and Bachia barbouri Burt. Copeia 1933: 42.

Bachia bicolor

Alemán, C. 1953. Contribution al estudio de los reptiles y batracios de la Sierra de Perija. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 13(35): Unpaginated.

Ayala, S.C. 1986. Heteroclonium bicolor Cope, 1896 (Reptilia, Squamata): proposed conservation by suppression of Chirotes diglossis Saenz, 1869. Z.N.(S.) 2424. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 43(2): 160-162.

Barros, T.R.; Rincon, R.A.D. 1999. Segundo registro y redescripcion de Bachia bicolor (Sauria: Gymnophthalmidae) en Venezuela. Boletin del Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas Universidad del Zulia 33(2): 111-124.

Cope, E.D. 1899. Contributions to the herpetology of New Granada and Argentina. Bull. Philad. Mus. 1: 3-22.

Díaz, J.A.; Castillo, C.J.; Montes, L.F.; Atencia, P.L. 2018. New records of Bachia bicolor (Cope, 1896) in the Caribbean Region of Colombia (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). Herpetology Notes 11: 907-909.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1988. Opinion 1482. Heteroclonium bicolor Cope, 1896 (currently Bachia bicolor; Reptilia, Squamata): specific name conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45(1): 84.

Ramos-Pallares, E.; Anaya-Rojas, J.M.; Serrano-Cardozo, V.H.; Ramírez-Pinilla, M.P. 2015. Feeding and reproductive ecology of Bachia bicolor (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) in urban ecosystems from Colombia. Journal of Herpetology 49(1): 108-117.

Ramos-Pallares, E.; Meza-Joya, F.L.; Hernández-Jaimes, C. 2017. Bachia bicolor (Cope 1896). Bachia de dos colores, Tin-tín. Catálogo de Anfibios y Reptiles de Colombia 3(1): 43-51.

Tarazona, O.A.; Fabrezi, M.; Ramírez-Pinilla, M.P. 2008. Cranial morphology of Bachia bicolor (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) and its postnatal development. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152(4): 775-792.

Bachia blairi

Dunn, E.R. 1940. New and noteworthy herpetological material from Panama. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93: 105-122.

McDiarmid, R.W.; DeWeese, J.E. 1977. The systematic status of the lizard Bachia blairi (Dunn 1940) (Reptilia: Teiidae) and its occurrence in Costa Rica. Brenesia 12-13: 143-153.

Bachia bresslaui

Amaral, A. do 1935. Novo gênero e espécie de lagarto do Brasil. Mem. Inst. Butantan Sao Paulo 9: 249-250.

Colli, G.R.; Zatz, M.G.; Cunha, H.J. da 1998. Notes on the ecology and geographical distribution of the rare gymnophthalmid lizard Bachia bresslaui. Herpetologica 54(2): 169-174.

Ferreira, V.L.; Petroni, D.M.; Caceras, N.C. 2005. Geographic distribution: Bachia bresslaui (Bresslau's Bachia). Herpetological Review 36(1): 78.

Maclean, W.P. 1973. On the third specimen of Bachia bresslaui (Sauria, Teiidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (Sao Paulo) 27(6): 81-82.

Teixeira, M.; Recoder, R.S.; Camacho, A.; Sena, M.A. de; Navas, C.A.; Rodrigues, M.T. 2013. A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the eastern Brazilian Cerrado, and data on its ecology, physiology and behavior. Zootaxa 3616(2): 173–189.

Vanzolini, P.E. 1966. Sôbre o segundo exemplar de Bachia bresslaui (Sauria, Teiidae). Papeis Dep. Zool. Sao Paulo 19: 189-192.

Bachia cacerensis

Castrillon, M.I.; Strüssmann, C. 1998. Nova especie de Bachia e a presenca de B. dorbignyi (Dumeril & Bibron) no sudoeste de Mato Grosso, Brasil (Sauria, Gymnophthalmidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 15(3): 567-581.

Bachia didactyla

Freitas, J.L. de; Strüssmann, C.; Carvalho, M.A. de; Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A.; Mott, T. 2011. A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the cerrado of midwestern Brazil. Zootaxa 2737: 61-68.

Bachia dorbignyi

Castrillon, M.I.; Strüssmann, C. 1998. Nova especie de Bachia e a presenca de B. dorbignyi (Dumeril & Bibron) no sudoeste de Mato Grosso, Brasil (Sauria, Gymnophthalmidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 15(3): 567-581.

Cope, E.D. 1899. Contributions to the herpetology of New Granada and Argentina. Bull. Philad. Mus. 1: 3-22.

Bachia flavescens

Gasc, J.P. 1984. Analyse experimentale du deplacement du saurien Bachia cophias (Schneider), microteiide a membres reduits. Un modele simplifie de reptation par ondulations. Amphibia-Reptilia 5(3-4): 356-365.

Kizirian, D.; McDiarmid, R.W. 1998. A new species of Bachia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with plesiomorphic limb morphology. Herpetologica 54(2): 245-253.

Molina, C. 2001. Geographic distribution: Bachia flavescens. Herpetological Review 32(4): 275.

Vanzolini, P.E. 1950. Bachia tridactyla (Daudin, 1802), replaced by Bachia schlegeli (Dumeril and Bibron, 1839). Copeia 1950: 151.

Bachia geralista

Teixeira, M.; Recoder, R.S.; Camacho, A.; Sena, M.A. de; Navas, C.A.; Rodrigues, M.T. 2013. A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the eastern Brazilian Cerrado, and data on its ecology, physiology and behavior. Zootaxa 3616(2): 173–189.

Bachia guianensis

Hoogmoed, M.S.; Dixon, J.R. 1977. A new species of Bachia (Teiidae, Sauria) from Estado Bolivar, Venezuela, with notes on the zoogeography of the genus. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 51(2): 25-31.

López-Perilla, Y.R.; Medina-Rangel, G.F.; Rojas-Murcia, L.E. 2014. Geographic distribution: Bachia guianensis (Guyana Bachia). Herpetological Review 45(2): 282.

Medina-Rangel, G.F.; Calderón, M.L. 2013. Geographic distribution: Bachia guianensis (Guyana Bachia). Herpetological Review 44(3): 474.

Molina, C. 2001. Geographic distribution: Bachia guianensis. Herpetological Review 32(4): 275.

Bachia heteropa

Bauer, A.M.; Günther, R. 1994. An annotated type catalogue of the teiid and microteiid lizards in the Zoological Museum, Berlin (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 70(2): 267-280.

Bentz, E.J.; Rivera-Rodríguez, M.J.; John, R.R.; Henderson, R.W.; Powell, R. 2011. Population densities, activity, microhabitats, and thermal biology of a unique crevice- and litter-dwelling assemblage of reptiles on Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 6(1): 40-50.

Donoso-Barros, R.; Garrido-R., A. 1964. Nuevo Teiidae de Venezuela Bachia marcelae, nov. sp. Publnes Occ. Mus. Cienc. Nat. Caracas, Venezuela Zoologica 8: 1-8.

Esqueda, L.F.; Marca, E. la 1999. New reptilian species records from the Cordillera de Merida, Andes of Venezuela. Herpetological Review 30(4): 238-240.

Henderson, R.W.; Powell, R. 2006. Geographic distribution: Bachia heteropa alleni (Earless Worm Lizard). Herpetological Review 37(3): 360.

John, R.R.; Bentz, E.J.; Rivera-Rodríguez, M.J.; Bauer, A.M.; Powell, R. 2012. Bachia heteropa (Lichtenstein and von Martens) - Earless Worm Lizard. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 894: 1-9.

John, R.R.; Bentz, E.J.; Rivera-Rodríguez, M.J.; Gifford, M.E.; Powell, R. 2011. Natural history notes: Bachia heteropa alleni (Earless Worm Lizard). Escape and digging behaviors. Herpetological Review 42(1): 92.

Mijares-Urrutia, A.; Arends-R., A. 1999. Additional new regional and local records of amphibians and reptiles from the state of Falcon, Venezuela. Herpetological Review 30(2): 115.

Rivero, R.; Manzanilla, J. 2006. Natural history notes: Gymnophthalmus speciosus (Spectacled Lizard), Bachia heteropa (Earless Lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review 37(1): 85.

Rojas, F.; Infante, E. 2005. Geographic distribution: Bachia heteropa lineata (NCN). Herpetological Review 36(3): 336.

Rojas-Runjaic, F.J.M.; Infante-Rivero, E.E. 2006. Geographic distribution: Bachia heteropa lineata (Worm Lizard). Herpetological Review 37(1): 106.

Shreve, B. 1947. On Venezuelan reptiles and amphibians collected by Dr. G. Kugler. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 99(5): 517-537.

Vanzolini, P.E. 1961. Redesericao de Scolecosaurus trinitatis (Sauria, Teiidae). Pap. Dep. Zool. Sec. Agric. S. Paulo 14(20): 183-185.

Bachia intermedia

Dixon, J.R. 1971. Natural hybrids between the South American microteiid species, Bachia barbouri and Bachia intermedia. Journal of Herpetology 5: 205-207.

Loveridge, A. 1933. On Bachia intermedia Noble and Bachia barbouri Burt. Copeia 1933: 42.

Presch, W. 1978. Descriptions of the hemipenial morphology in eight species of microteiid lizards (family Teiidae, subfamily Gymnophthalminae). Herpetologica 34(1): 108-112.

Bachia micromela

Rodrigues, M.T.; Pavan, D.; Curcio, F.F. 2007. Two new species of lizards of the genus Bachia (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from central Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 41(4): 545-553.

Bachia oxyrhina

Recoder, R.S.; Teixeira Junior, M.; Camacho, A.; Nunes, P.M.S.; Mott, T.; Valdujo, P.H.; Ghellere, J.M.B.; Nogueira, C.; Rodrigues, M.T. 2011. Repteis da Estacao Ecologica Serra Geral do Tocantins, Brasil Central. Biota Neotropica 11(1): 1-19.

Rodrigues, M.T.; Camacho, A.; Nunes, P.M.S.; Recoder, R.S.; Teixeira, M.; Valdujo, P.H.; Ghellere, J.M.B.; Mott, T.; Nogueira, C. 2008. A new species of the lizard genus Bachia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Cerrados of central Brazil. Zootaxa 1875: 39-50.

Bachia pallidiceps

McDiarmid, R.W.; DeWeese, J.E. 1977. The systematic status of the lizard Bachia blairi (Dunn 1940) (Reptilia: Teiidae) and its occurrence in Costa Rica. Brenesia 12-13: 143-153.

Bachia panoplia

Kizirian, D.; McDiarmid, R.W. 1998. A new species of Bachia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with plesiomorphic limb morphology. Herpetologica 54(2): 245-253.

Thomas, R. 1965. A new species of Bachia (Sauria: Teiidae) from Brasil. Herpetologica 21: 18-22.

Bachia peruana

Avila Pires, T.C.S. 1995. Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 299: 1-706.

Werner, F. 1901. Reptilien und Batrachier aus Peru und Bolivien. Abh. Mus. Dresden 9(2): 14 pp.

Bachia psamophila

Rodrigues, M.T.; Pavan, D.; Curcio, F.F. 2007. Two new species of lizards of the genus Bachia (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from central Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 41(4): 545-553.

Bachia pyburni

Carvalho, V.T. de; Bonora, L.; Vogt, R.C.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S. 2006. Geographic distribution: Bachia pyburni. Herpetological Review 37(2): 240.

Kizirian, D.; McDiarmid, R.W. 1998. A new species of Bachia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with plesiomorphic limb morphology. Herpetologica 54(2): 245-253.

Bachia remota

Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A.; Silva, M.B. da; Lima, J.D. 2016. A new species of Bachia Gray 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the eastern Guiana Shield. Herpetologica 72(2): 148-156.

Bachia scaea

Teixeira, M.; Vechio, F. dal; Nunes, P.M.S.; Mollo, A.; Lobo, L.M.; Storti, L.F.; Gaiga, R.A.J.; Dias, P.H.F.; Rodrigues, M.T. 2013. A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the western Brazilian Amazonia. Zootaxa 3636(3): 401-420.

Teixeira, M.; Vechio, F. dal; Nunes, P.M.S.; Mollo, A.; Lobo, L.M.; Storti, L.F.; Gaiga, R.A.J.; Dias, P.H.F.; Rodrigues, M.T. 2013. Erratum: Teixeira, M. & al. 2013. A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the western Brazilian Amazonia. Zootaxa 3636(3): 401–420. Zootaxa 3646(2): 200.

Bachia trisanale

Presch, W. 1978. Descriptions of the hemipenial morphology in eight species of microteiid lizards (family Teiidae, subfamily Gymnophthalminae). Herpetologica 34(1): 108-112.

Vanzolini, P.E. 1961. On Ophiognoman trisanale and abendrothii (Sauria, Teiidae). Pap. Dep. Zool. Sec. Agric. S. Paulo 14(27): 249-254.