Gelanesaurus
| Gelanesaurus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Gelanesaurus Torres-Carvajal, Lobos, Venegas, Chávez, Aguirre-Peñafiel, Zurita & Echevarría, 2016 |
Gelanesaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae from Colombia and Ecuador. They were included in Potamites until 2016 where they were moved to Gelanesaurus.[1]
Species
The genus Gelanesaurus contains two species which are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Gelanesaurus cochranae (C. Burt & M. Burt, 1931)
- Gelanesaurus flavogularis (Altamirano-Benavides, Zaher, Lobo, Grazziotin, Sales Nunes & Rodrigues, 2013)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Gelanesaurus.
Etymology
The specific name, cochranae, is in honor of American herpetologist Doris Mable Cochran.[3]
References
- ↑ Torres-Carvajal; Lobos; Venegas; Chávez; Aguirre-Peñafiel; Zurita; Echevarría (2016). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the most diverse clade of South American gymnophthalmid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 63–75. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.006.
- ↑ "Gelanesaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Neusticurus cochranae, p. 55).
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