Potamites strangulatus

Potamites strangulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Superfamilia: Lacertoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Potamites
Species: Potamites strangulatus

Name

• Potamites strangulatus (Cope, 1868)

Holotype: ANSP 7538.

Type locality: “Ecuador”.

Combinations

• Euspondylus strangulatus Cope, 1868: 99 [original combination]
• Potamites strangulatus — Doan & Castoe, 2005: 409 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Euspondilus festae Peracca, 1897: 10

Syntypes (3): MZUT.

Type locality: “Valle del Rio Zamora ed ella Valle del Rio Santiago”, Ecuador.

References

Primary references

• Peracca, M.G. 1897. Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell’Ecuador e regioni vicine. IV. Rettili (In Italian). Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino 12(300): 1–20. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Potamites strangulatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 December 2018.
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Yánez-Muñoz, M. & Brito, J. 2017. IUCN: Potamites strangulatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44578730A44578738. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44578730A44578738.en

Vernacular names

English: Big-scaled Neusticurus