Euspondylus
Euspondylus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Sauria or Lacertilia |
Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
Superfamily: | Lacertoidea |
Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
Genus: | Euspondylus Tschudi, 1845 [1] |
Euspondylus is a genus of gymnophthalmid lizards endemic to northern South America.[2]
Species
The following 12 species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Euspondylus acutirostris (W. Peters, 1863)
- Euspondylus auyanensis Myers, G. Rivas & Jadin, 2009
- Euspondylus caideni G. Köhler, 2003
- Euspondylus guentheri (O'Shaughnessy, 1881)
- Euspondylus josyi G. Köhler, 2003
- Euspondylus maculatus Tschudi, 1845
- Euspondylus monsfumus Mijares-Urrutia, Señaris & Arends, 2001
- Euspondylus nellycarillae G. Köhler & Lehr, 2004
- Euspondylus oreades Chávez, Siu-Ting, Duran & Venegas, 2011
- Euspondylus rahmi (de Grijs, 1936)
- Euspondylus simonsii Boulenger, 1901
- Euspondylus spinalis (Boulenger, 1911)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Euspondylus.
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Euspondylus, p. 404).
- Tschudi JJ. 1845. "Reptilium conspectus quae in Republica Peruana reperiuntur et pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itenere ". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 (1): 150-170. (Euspondylus, new genus, pp. 160-161). (in Latin).