Euspondylus

Euspondylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe:Cercosaurini
Genus:Euspondylus
Tschudi, 1845 [1]

Euspondylus is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.

Geographic range

The genus Euspondylus is endemic to northern South America.[2]

Species

The following 11 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 excelsum Chavez, Catenazzi, & Venegas, 2017
  • 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 paxcorpus Doan & Adams, 2015[3]
  • Euspondylus simonsii Boulenger, 1901

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Euspondylus.

References

  1. ↑ "Euspondylus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
  2. 1 2 "Euspondylus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ Doan TM, Adams G (2015). "A novel species of Euspondylus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Andes Mountains of central Peru". Zootaxa 4033 (1): 129-136. (Euspodylus paxcorpus, new species).

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).


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