Andinosaura hyposticta

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: Cercosaurini
Genus: Andinosaura
Species: Andinosaura hyposticta

Name

• Andinosaura hyposticta (Boulenger, 1902)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.31.31, ♂.

Type locality: “Paramba, [Imbabura, Ecuador,] 3500 feet”.

Combinations

• Proctoporus hypostictus — Boulenger, 1902: 55 [original combination]
• Riama hyposticta — Doan & Castoe, 2005: 409 [subsequent combination]
• Andinosaura hyposticta — Sánchez-Pacheco et al., 2018: 290 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1902. Descriptions of new batrachians and reptiles from northwestern Ecuador. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 7, 9(49): 51–57. BHL
• Doan, T.M. & Castoe, T.A. 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 Reference page. 
• Sánchez-Pacheco, S.J., Torres-Carvajal, O., Aguirre-Peñafiel, V., Nunes, P.M.S., Verrastro, L., Rivas, G.A., Rodrigues, M.T., Grant, T. & Murphy, R.W. 2018. Phylogeny of Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), impact of phenotypic evidence on molecular datasets, and the origin of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta endemic fauna. Cladistics 34(3): 260–291. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12203 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kizirian, D.A. 1996. A review of Ecuadorian Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with descriptions of nine new species. Herpetological Monographs 10: 85–155. DOI: 10.2307/1466981 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Andinosaura hyposticta. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 June 2018.
• Bolívar, W., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Velasco, J. 2017. IUCN: Riama hyposticta  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44578768A44578777. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44578768A44578777.en

Vernacular names

English: Boulenger's Lightbulb Lizard