Macropholidus

Macropholidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe:Cercosaurini
Genus:Macropholidus
Noble, 1921

Macropholidus is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Species

The genus Macropholidus contains four species which are recognized as being valid.[1][2]

  • Macropholidus annectens Parker, 1930
  • Macropholidus ataktolepis Cadle & Chuna, 1995
  • Macropholidus huancabambae (Reeder, 1996)
  • Macropholidus ruthveni Noble, 1921

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

Etymology

The specific name, ruthveni, is in honor of American herpetologist Alexander Grant Ruthven.[3]

Geographic range

M. annectens is found in Ecuador. The other three species, M. ataktolepis, M. huancabambae, and M. ruthveni, are all found in Peru.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Macropholidus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ "Macropholidus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
  3. ↑ 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. (Macropholidus ruthveni, p. 230).

Further reading

  • Noble GK (1921). "Some New Lizards from Northwestern Peru". Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 29: 133-139. (Macropholidus, new genus).


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