Echinosaura palmeri

Taxonavigation edit

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

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.31.21, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Noananoá, Rio San Juan, Choco, S.W. Colombia, 100 feet”.

Echinosaura horrida palmeri — Uzzell, 1965: 84 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

Taxonomic note: restaure to species by Fritts, Almendáriz & Samec (2002).

Boulenger, G.A. 1911. Descriptions of new reptiles from the Andes of South America, preserved in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 8, 7(37): 19–25. BHL
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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Echinosaura palmeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 June 2018.
Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C. & Perez, P. 2017. IUCN: Echinosaura palmeri (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T203055A2759559. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T203055A2759559.en

English: Palmer’s Teiid