Potamites hydroimperator

Potamites hydroimperator

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: Potamites hydroimperator

Name

Potamites hydroimperator Chávez, Malqui & Catenazzi, 2021: 140

• Holotype: CORBIDI 13915, adult ♂, collected by G. Chávez on 28 November 2013.
• Type locality: “Peru, Departamento de Huánuco, Puerto Inca Province, El Sira Communal Reserve, Campamento Hospital (on the trail to the top of El Sira Communal Reserve); 9.478667°S, 74.778139°W; 757 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• 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. 2024. Potamites ocellatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 October 2021.