Riama simotera

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 Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Riama
Species: Riama simotera

Name

• Riama simotera (O’Shaughnessy, 1879)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.1.6, ♂, collected by Clarence Buckley.

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

Combinations

• Emphrassotis simoterus O’Shaughnessy, 1879: 296 [original combination]
• Proctoporus simoterus — Boulenger, 1885: 414 [subsequent combination]
• Riama simotera — Doan & Castoe, 2005: 409 [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. & 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. 

Additional references

• Kizirian, D.A. 1996. A review of Ecuadorian Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with descriptions of nine new species. Herpetological Monographs 10: 85–155. DOI: 10.2307/1466981 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Riama simotera. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 June 2018.
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Caicedo, J. 2017. IUCN: Riama simotera  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44578813A44578822. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44578813A44578822.en

Vernacular names

English: O’Shaughnessy's Lightbulb Lizard