Kataphraktosaurus ungerhamiltoni

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: Kataphraktosaurus

Species: Kataphraktosaurus ungerhamiltoni

Name

Kataphraktosaurus ungerhamiltoni Rojas-Runjaic, Barrio-Amorós, Señaris, De la Riva & Castroviejo-Fisher, 2021

Holotype: MHNLS 19960 (field number AJC 3014), adult ♂, collected on 14 July 2010 by C.L. Barrio-Amorós, F.J.M. Rojas-Runjaic, and S. Castroviejo-Fisher.

Type locality: “from Caño Bejuco, near Tobogán del Cuao, Autana municipality, Amazonas state, Venezuela (5°05’58”N, 67°29’54”W; elevation 124 m)”

References

• Rojas-Runjaic, F.J.M., C.L. Barrio-Amorós, J.C. Señaris, I. De la Riva & S. Castroviejo-Fisher. 2021. Discovery of an additional piece of the large gymnophthalmid puzzle: a new genus and species of stream spiny lizard (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from Venezuelan Guiana Shield. Zootaxa, 4950(2): 296–320. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4950.2.4

Vernacular names

English: Cuao’s stream spiny lizard
español: Lagartija espinosa del Cuao