Proctoporus chasqui

Proctoporus chasqui holotype ♂

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Superfamilia: Lacertoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Proctoporus
Species: Proctoporus chasqui

Name

• Proctoporus chasqui (Chávez, Siu-Ting, Duran & Venegas, 2011)

Holotype: CORBIDI 06963, adult ♂, collected by Germán Chávez on 24 August 2010.

Type locality: “Perú, Ayacucho Department, La Mar Province, Chiquintirca (13°01’59.7’’S; 73°40’46.0’’W), 2780 m elevation”.

Combinations

• Euspondylus chasqui Chávez, Siu-Ting, Duran & Venegas, 2011: 3 [original combination]
• Proctoporus chasqui — Torres-Carvajal et al., 2016: 73 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Proctoporus chasqui. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 November 2018.
• Venegas, P. & Quiroz Rodriguez, A. 2015. IUCN: Proctoporus chasqui  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T48283601A115400931. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T48283601A48283616.en
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