Pholidobolus vertebralis

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: Pholidobolus
Species:Pholidobolus vertebralis

Name

• Pholidobolus vertebralis (O’Shaughnessy, 1879)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.31.35, collected by Clarence Buckley.

Type locality: “Intac [=Intag, Imbabura Province], Ecuador”.

Combinations

• Cercosaura (Pantodactylus) vertebralis O’Shaughnessy, 1879: 298 [original combination]
• Prionodactylus vertebralis — Boulenger, 1885: 394 [subsequent combination]
• Euspondylus vertebralis — Dunn, 1944: 103 [subsequent combination]
• Cercosaura vertebralis — Doan, 2003: 110 [subsequent combination]
• Pholidobolus vertebralis — Torres-Carvajal, Lobos & Venegas, 2015: 282 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• O’Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1879. Description of new species of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 5, 4(22): 295–303. DOI: 10.1080/00222937908679832 BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 2. Iguanidae, Xenosauridae, Zonuridae, Anguidae, Aniellidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Xantusiidae, Teiidae, Amphisbaenidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 497 pp., 24 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Doan, T.M. 2003. A new phylogenetic classification for the gymnophthalmid genera Cercosaura, Pantodactylus and Prionodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137(1): 101–115. DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00043.x Reference page. 
• Torres-Carvajal, O., Lobos, S.E. & Venegas, P.J. 2015. Phylogeny of Neotropical Cercosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 93: 281–288. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.07.025 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pholidobolus vertebralis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 June 2018.
• Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C., Daza, J., Caicedo, J., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Perez, P., Schargel, W. & Rivas, G. 2017. IUCN: Pholidobolus vertebralis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T203052A2759538. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T203052A2759538.en

Vernacular names

English: Brown Prionodactylus
español: Lagartija minadora subtropical