Neusticurus

Neusticurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe:Cercosaurini
Genus:Neusticurus
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[1]

Neusticurus is a genus of gymnophthalmid lizards endemic to northern South America.[2] They are often found near streams and are semi-aquatic.[3] Some species formerly included in this genus are now placed in Potamites, which also are semi-aquatic inhabitants of South America.[4]

Species

6 species are recognized as being valid.[2]

  • Neusticurus arekuna Kok, Bittenbinder, Van Den Berg, Marques-Souza, Sales-Nunes, Laking, Texeira Jr., Fouquet, Means, MacCulloch, & Rodrigues, 2018
  • Neusticurus bicarinatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Neusticurus medemi Dixon & Lamar, 1981
  • Neusticurus racenisi Roze, 1958
  • Neusticurus rudis Boulenger, 1900
  • Neusticurus tatei (C.E. Burt & M.D. Burt, 1931)

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

References

  1. ↑ "Neusticurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
  2. 1 2 "Neusticurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ Bauer; Jackman (2008). "Global diversity of lizards in freshwater (Reptilia: Lacertilia)". Hydrobiologia. 595 (1): 581–586.
  4. ↑ Doan; Castoe (2005). "Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cercosaurini (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with new genera for species of Neusticurus and Proctoporus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (3): 405–416. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00145.x.

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 Neusticurus, p. 381).
  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième. [=General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles. Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Neusticurus, new genus, pp. 61–64). (in French).


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