Andinosaura laevis

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 laevis

Name

• Andinosaura laevis (Boulenger, 1908)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.31.23.

Type locality: “[Cerro] San Antonio”, Cali, Colombia.

Combinations

• Oreosaurus laevis — Boulenger, 1908: 521 [original combination]
• Riama laevis — Doan & Castoe, 2005: 409 [subsequent combination]
• Andinosaura laevis — Sánchez-Pacheco et al., 2018: 290 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1908. Descriptions of new batrachians and reptiles discovered by Mr. M. G. Palmer in South-western Colombia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 8, 2(12): 515–522. 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Andinosaura laevis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 June 2018.
• Arredondo, J.C., Bolívar, W. & Renjifo, J. 2015. IUCN: Riama laevis  (Vulnerable) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44578783A115386854. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44578783A44578792.en

Vernacular names

English: Shiny Lightbulb Lizard