Proctoporus pachyurus

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 pachyurus

Name

• Proctoporus pachyurus Tschudi, 1845: 161

Syntypes (2): MHNN.

Type locality: “Long. tot. 4’’ 9’’’” [=Valley of Río Chanchamayo, eastern slope of Andes, Peru].

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

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Proctoporus pachyurus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 November 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Tschudi's Lightbulb Lizard