Adercosaurus vixadnexus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Ecpleopodini
Genus: Adercosaurus
Species: Adercosaurus vixadnexus

Name

Adercosaurus vixadnexus Myers & Donnelly, 2001: 52

• Holotype: EBRG 3126 (field no. CWM 19809), adult ♂, collected by AMNH–TERRAMAR Expedition on 25 February 1995.
• Type locality: “wet gallery forest on Cerro Yutajé, 1700 m (5°46′N, 66°08′W), Amazonas, Venezuela”.

References

Primary references

• Myers, C.W. & Donnelly, M.A, 2001. Herpetofauna of the Yutajé-Corocoro Massif, Venezuela: second report from the Robert G. Goelet American Museum - Terramar Expedition to the Northwestern Tepuis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 261: 1–85. hdl: 2246/1329 Reference page. 

Links

• Rivas, G. & Schargel, W. 2017. IUCN: Adercosaurus vixadnexus  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T67633090A118229358. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T67633090A118229358.en. Accessed on 12 December 2023.