Potamites

Potamites montanicola, Potamites strangulatus strangulatus, Potamites ecpleopus & Potamites strangulatus trachodus

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: Potamites
Species (7): P. ecpleopus – P. erythrocularis – P. hydroimperator – P. juruazensis – P. montanicola – P. ocellatus – P. strangulatus

Name

Potamites Doan & Castoe, 2005: 408

• Type species: Euspondylus strangulatus Cope, 1868, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• 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

• 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

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Potamites . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 March 2018.