Proctoporus lacertus

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

Holotype: USNM 49551, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Tincochaca, [Province La Convención, Department of Cusco, Peru,] 7,000 feet altitude [= 2800 m]”.

Oreosaurus lacertus Stejneger, 1913: 546 [original combination]
Proctoporus lacertus — Goicoechea et al., 2013: 24 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

Proctoporus obesus Barbour & Noble, 1920: 616 [synonymized by Goicoechea et al. (2013: 24)]

Holotype: USNM 60748, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Ñusta Hispana, [Cusco,] southern Peru.”

Stejneger, L.H. 1913. Results of the Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1911.—Batrachians and reptiles. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 45 (1992): 541–547. BHL
Barbour, T. & Noble, G.K. 1920. Amphibians and reptiles from southern Peru collected by the Peruvian expedition of 1914–1915 under the auspices of Yale University and the National Geographic Society. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58: 609–620. BHL
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. hdl: 2246/6452 . Reference page.