Potamites

Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Lacertoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Potamites
Species (7):
P. ecpleopus –
P. erythrocularis –
P. hydroimperator –
P. juruazensis –
P. montanicola –
P. ocellatus –
P. strangulatus
Name
editPotamites Doan & Castoe, 2005: 408
- Type species: Euspondylus strangulatus Cope, 1868, by original designation.
References
editPrimary references
edit- 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
edit- Altamirano-Benavides, M., Zaher, H., Lobo, L.M., Graziotin, F.G., Nunes, P.M.S. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2013. A new species of lizard genus Potamites from Ecuador (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). Zootaxa 3717(3): 345–358. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.3.4 Reference page.
- Chávez, G. & Vásquez, D. 2012. A new species of Andean semiaquatic lizard of the genus Potamites (Sauria, Gymnophtalmidae) from southern Peru. ZooKeys 168: 31–43. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.168.2048 Reference page.
- Chávez, G., Malqui, J. & Catenazzi, A. 2021. A new riparian Andean Potamites (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophtalmidae) from El Sira Mountains, central Peru, with comments on P. ecpleopus Cope 1875, and on the taxonomy and biogeography of Potamites. European Journal of Taxonomy 760(1): 136–159. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.760.1445 Reference page.
Links
edit- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Potamites . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 March 2018.