Euspondylus guentheri

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: Euspondylus
Species: Euspondylus guentheri

Name

• Euspondylus guentheri (O’Shaughnessy, 1881)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.8.99, ♂, collected by Clarence Buckley.

Type locality: “Sarayacu”, Pastaza Province, Ecuador.

Combinations

• Ecpleopus (Euspondylus) guentheri O’Shaughnessy, 1881: 235 [original combination]
• Euspondylus guentheri — Boulenger, 1885: 407 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• O'Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1881. An account of the collection of lizards made by Mr. Buckley in Ecuador, and now in the British Museum, with descritions of the new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 49(1): 227–245. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1881.tb01282.x 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. 

Additional references

• Köhler, G. & Lehr, E. 2004. Comments on Euspondylus and Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Peru, with the description of three new species and a key to the Peruvian species. Herpetologica 60(4): 501–518. DOI: 10.1655/03-93

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Euspondylus guentheri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 July 2018.
• Lehr, E. & Doan, T.M. 2016. IUCN: Euspondylus guentheri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T178658A50867804. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T178658A50867804.en

Vernacular names

English: Günther's Sun Tegus