Neusticurus surinamensis

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: Neusticurus
Species: Neusticurus surinamensis

Name

Neusticurus surinamensis Müller, 1924: 295

Holotype: ZSM 20/1923, ♂. [lost in World War II, fide Uzzell (1966) and Franzen & Glaw (2007)]

Neotype: MPEG 24032, ♂, collected by T.A. Gardner and M.A. Ribeiro Jr. on 29 June 2005. [designated by Marques-Souza et al. (2018: A1)]

Type locality: “Albina, Unterlauf des Maroni, Surinam”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Monte Dourado, Área 56, Almeirim Municipality, State of Pará, Brazil (0°42'43”S / 52°40'01”W)” by Marques-Souza et al. (2018: A1).

References

Primary references

Müller, L. 1924. Neue oder seltene Reptilien und Batrachier der Zoologischen Sammlung des bayrischen Staates. Zoologischer Anzeiger 58: 291–297.
Marques-Souza, S., Prates, I., Fouquet, A., Camacho, A., Kok, P.J.R., Nunes, P.M.S., Dal Vechio, F., Recoder, R.S., Mejia, N., Teixeira Jr., M., Barrio-Amorós, C., Cassimiro, J., Lima, J.D., Sena, M.A. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2018. Reconquering the water: Evolution and systematics of South and Central American aquatic lizards (Gymnophthalmidae). Zoologica Scripta 47(3): 255–265. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12273 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Neusticurus surinamensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 July 2019.