Poromera

Poromera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Lacertidae
Subfamily:	Lacertinae
Genus:	Poromera Boulenger, 1887
Species:	P. fordii
Binomial name
Poromera fordii (Hallowell, 1857)

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Poromera fordii

Poromera is a genus of western Central African lacertid lizards of the family Lacertidae. The genus Poromera is monotypic, containing the single species, Poromera fordii, commonly known as the West African striped lizard.

Etymology

Poromera is derived from the greek words "póros" (πόρος) which means "pore" or "duct" and "mērós" (μηρός) which means "thigh". Poromera refers to the long series of femoral pores on the thighs of this species.

The specific name, fordii, is in honor of Dr. Henry A. Ford, a medical missionary in Gabon, who collected specimens for the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.

Habitat and natural History

Poromera fordii is a diurnal, semiarboreal forest species that can be found in flimsy, grassy and lower vegetation often near permanent streams.

Further reading

• Bischoff, W. 1992. Übersicht der Arten und Unterarten der Familie Lacertidae: 6. Die Gattungen Poromera, Psammodromus, Pseuderemias, Takydromus und Tropidosaurus. Die Eidechse 3 (6): 13-17. (in German).

• Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III., Lacertidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XXVII. (Poromera, new genus, p. 6; Poromera fordii, new combination, pp. 6-7).

• Boulenger, G.A. 1900. A list of the batrachians and reptiles of the Gaboon (French Congo), with descriptions of new genera and species. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1900: 433-456.

• Boulenger, G.A. 1921. "Monograph of the Lacertidae. Vol. II". British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. London. 451 pp.

• Chirio, L. & LeBreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris, 688 pp.

• Freyhof, J. 1994. Poromera fordii (HALLOWELL, 1857) bei Dehane am unteren Nyong in Kamerun beobachtet. Die Eidechse, Bonn/Bremen, 5 (12): 23-25. (in German).

• Hallowell, E. 1857. Notice of a collection of Reptiles from the Gaboon country, West Africa, recently presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, by Dr. Henry A. Ford. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 9: 48-72. (Tachydromus fordii, new species, pp. 48-49).

• LeBreton, M. 1999. A working checklist of the herpetofauna of Cameroon - With localities for species occurring in southern Cameroon and a list of herpetofauna for the Dja Faunal Reserve. Netherlands Committee for IUCN, 141 pp.

• Nagy, Z.T., Kusamba, C., Collet, M. & Gvoždík, V. 2013. Notes on the herpetofauna of western Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Herpetology Notes 6: 413-419.

• Orriols, F.M. 2011. Preliminary analysis of correlated evolution of morphology and ecological diversification in lacertid lizards. Butll. Soc. Cat. Herp. 19: 29-48.

• Pauwels, O.S.G., Burger, M., Branch, W.R., Tobi, E., Yoga, J.-A. & Mikolo, E.-N. 2004. Reptiles du Complexe d’Aires Protégées de Gamba, sud-ouest du Gabon. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 12: 91-100.

• Pauwels, O.S.G., Christy, P. & Honorez, A. 2006. Reptiles and National Parks in Gabon, Western Central Africa. Hamadryad, Madras, 30 (1/2): 181-196.

• Schmidt, K.P. 1919. Contributions to the herpetology of the Belgian Congo based on the collection of the American Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Part I. Turtles, crocodiles, lizards, and chameleons. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 39 (2): 385–624.

External links

• Photos of Poromera fordii at lacerta.de