Proctoporus

Proctoporus

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: Proctoporus
Species (21): P. bolivianus – P. carabaya – P. cephalolineatus – P. chasqui – P. guentheri – P. iridescens – P. katerynae – P. kiziriani – P. lacertus – P. laudahnae – P. machupicchu – P. optimus – P. oreades – P. otishi – P. pachyurus – P. rahmi – P. spinalis – P. sucullucu – P. titans – P. unsaacae – P. xestus

Name

Proctoporus Tschudi, 1845: 161

• Type species: Proctoporus pachyurus Tschudi, 1845, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Tschudi, J.J. von 1845. Reptilium conspectus quae in republica Peruana reperiuntur er pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itenere. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11(1): 150–170. BHL

Additional references

• Köhler, G. & Lehr, E. 2004. Comments on Euspondylus and Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Peru, with the description of three new species and a key to the Peruvian species. Herpetologica 60(4): 501–518. DOI: 10.1655/03-93 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Doan, T.F., Castoe, T.A. & Arizábal Arriaga, W. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Proctoporus sensu stricto (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with a new species from Puno, Southeastern Peru. Herpetologica 61(3): 325–336. DOI: 10.1655/04-81.1 Reference page. 
• Chávez, G., Siu-Ting, K., Duran, V. & Venegas, P.J. 2011. Two new species of Andean gymnophthalmid lizards of the genus Euspondylus (Reptilia, Squamata) from central and southern Peru. ZooKeys 109: 1–17. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.109.1304 Reference page. 
• Goicoechea, N., Padial, J.M., Chaparro, J.C., Castroviejo-Fisher, S. & de la Riva, I. 2012. Molecular phylogenetics, species diversity, and biogeography of the Andean lizards of the genus Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65(3): 953-964. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.08.017 Reference page. 
• Goicoechea, N., Padial, J.M., Chaparro, J.C., Castroviejo-Fisher, S. & de la Riva, I. 2013. A taxonomic revision of Proctoporus bolivianus Werner (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with the description of three new species and resurrection of Proctoporus lacertus Stejneger. American Museum Novitates 3786: 1–32. handle. Reference page. 
• Mamani, L., Goicoechea, N. & Chaparro, J.C. 2015. A new species of Andean lizard Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from montane forest of the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, Peru. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 9(1) [Special Section]: 1–11. BHL Reference page. 
• Torres-Carvajal, O., Lobos, S.E., Venegas, P.J., Chávez, G., Aguirre-Peñafiel, V., Zurita, D. & Echevarría, L.Y. 2016. Phylogeny and biogeography of the most diverse clade of South American gymnophthalmid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 63–75. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.006 Reference page. 
• Lehr, E., Cusi, J.C., Fernández, M.I., Vera, R.J. & Catenazzi, A. 2022. A New Species of Proctoporus (Reptilia, Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae) from the Puna of the Otishi National Park in Peru. Taxonomy 3(1): 10–28. DOI: 10.3390/taxonomy3010002 Reference page. 
• Mamani, L. & Rodríguez, L.O. 2022. A new species of Andean lizard, Proctoporus (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae), from the highland of Parque Nacional Otishi in Peru. Zootaxa 5213(1): 75–85. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.1.5 Reference page. 
• Mamani, L., Cruz, R., Mallqui, S. & Catenazzi, A. 2022. Molecular Phylogenetics and Comparative Examination of Voucher Museums Reveal Two New Species of Gymnophthalmid Lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Peruvian Andes, with Comments on Proctoporus guentheri (Boettger, 1891). Diversity 14(3): 215. DOI: 10.3390/d14030215 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Proctoporus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 March 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Lightbulb Lizards

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