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Dorbigny's Bachia

Bachia dorbignyi (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

Bachia dorbignyi, also known commonly as Dorbigny's bachia and lagarto-sem-pata in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to central South America.

Wikipedia contributors, Bachia dorbignyi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:37:29.589660+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Bachia dorbignyi (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Name authority
(Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Common name
Dorbigny's Bachia
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Gymnophthalmidae
Genus
Bachia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderAutarchoglossa
  11. familyGymnophthalmidae
  12. genusBachia
  13. speciesBachia dorbignyi (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Bachia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Bachia lineata Boulenger, 1903GymnophthalmidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Trinidad BachiaBachia trinitatis (Barbour, 1914)GymnophthalmidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Two-colored BachiaBachia bicolor (Cope, 1896)GymnophthalmidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bresslau's BachiaBachia bresslaui (Amaral, 1935)GymnophthalmidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
LaGuaira BachiaBachia heteropa (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856)GymnophthalmidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bachia micromela Rodrigues, Pavan & Curcio, 2007GymnophthalmidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bachia pyburni Kizirian & Mcdiarmid, 1998GymnophthalmidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bachia scaea Teixeira, Dal Vechio, Sales-Nunes, Mollo-Neto, Moreira-Lobo, Storti, Junqueira-Gaiga, Freire-Dias & Rodrigues, 2013GymnophthalmidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Ruthven's BachiaBachia talpa Ruthven, 1925GymnophthalmidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bachia psamophila Rodrigues, Pavan & Curcio, 2007GymnophthalmidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Yellow-lined BachiaBachia flavescens (Bonnaterre, 1789)GymnophthalmidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bachia panoplia Thomas, 1965GymnophthalmidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Chalcides dorbignyi Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Duméril & Bibron, 1839synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

SE Peru, E Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz), Brazil (W Rondonia, Acre, Mato Grosso?)

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Bachia&species=dorbignyi Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:K85T. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.