Echinosaura orcesi

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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: Echinosaura
Species: Echinosaura orcesi

Name

• Echinosaura orcesi Fritts, Almendáriz & Samec, 2002: 351

Holotype: AMNH 109822, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Colombia: Valle: approximately 13 km west of Dagua, Rio Anchicaya drainage, 820 m”.

References

Primary references

• Fritts, T.H., Almendáriz, A. & Samec, S. 2002. A new species of Echinosaura (Gymnophthalmidae) from Ecuador and Colombia with comments on other members of the genus and Teuchocercus keyi. Journal of Herpetology 36(3): 349–355. DOI: 10.2307/1566177 JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Echinosaura orcesi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 June 2018.
• Bolívar, W., Velasco, J. & Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2015. IUCN: Echinosaura orcesi  (Near Threatened) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44578593A115386279. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44578593A44578596.en