Anadia petersi, known commonly as Peters' anadia, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Ecuador.
Etymology The specific name, petersi, is in honor of American herpetologist James A. Peters.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Anadia petersi, p. 204).
Geographic range A. petersi is found in Loja Province, Ecuador.
Habitat The preferred habitat of A. petersi is forest at an altitude of .
Reproduction A. petersi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Betancourt R, Reyes-Puig C, Lobos SE, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Torres-Carvajal O (2018). "Sistemática de los saurios Anadia Gray, 1845 (Sauria: Gymnophthalmidae) de Ecuador: límite de especies, distribución geográfica y descripción de una especie nueva". Neotropical Biodiversity 4 (1): 83–102. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English). Oftedal OT (1974). "A revision of the genus Anadia (Sauria, Teiidae)". Arquivos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 25 (4): 203–265. (Anadia petersi, new species, pp. 226–229, Figures 10A, 10B, 11, 12, 13A). Peters JA (1959). "Notas miscelaneas sobre saurios del Ecuador ". Ciencia y Naturaleza 2: 118–124. (in Spanish).