Proctoporus xestus

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Holotype: UMMZ 128835, adult ♂, collected by F.B. Steinbach on March 1929.

Type locality: “Incachaca, Cochabamba, Bolivia, about 2200 m above sea level”.

Uzzell, T. 1969. A new genus and species of Teiid lizard from Bolivia. Postilla 129: 1–15. BHL
Goicoechea, N., Padial, J.M., Chaparro, J.C., Castroviejo-Fisher, S. & de la Riva, I. 2012. Molecular phylogenetics, species diversity, and biogeography of the Andean lizards of the genus Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65(3): 953-964. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.08.017 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Proctoporus xestus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 November 2018.
Cacciali, P., Carreira, S., Kacoliris, F., Montero, R., Pelegrin, N., Moravec, J., Lehr, E., Gonzales, L. & Aparicio, J. 2016. IUCN: Proctoporus xestus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T48283802A48283833. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T48283802A48283833.en

English: River Sun Tegu