Anadia ocellata

Anadia ocellata, commonly known as the ocellated anadia , is a species of lizard endemic to the Americas.
==Description==
A. ocellata is a small and slender lizard. Its body is cylindrical with a long tail that is very sensitive and quickly subject to autotomy when in danger or when manipulated inadequately.
==Geographic range==
A. ocellata is distributed from Costa Rica to Ecuador.
==Habitat and behavior==
A. ocellata is rather unusual for a lizard in that it has frequently been found in, or close to, bromeliads. Thus its habits are considered arboreal, which would account for its scarceness."Anadia ocellata ". Atta, INBio , Biodiversity of Costa Rica.
==References==
==Further reading==
*Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Anadia ocellata, pp. 398–399, description of holotype; and A. metallica, p. 400).
*Gray JE. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Anadia ocellata, new species, p. 58).
Category:Anadia (genus)
Category:Reptiles of Colombia
Category:Reptiles of Costa Rica
Category:Reptiles of Ecuador
Category:Reptiles of Panama
Category:Reptiles described in 1845
Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray