Proctoporus spinalis

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

Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.31.44-57, collected by E. Boettger.

Type locality: “Huancabamba, E. Peru, above 3000 feet”.

Prionodactylus spinalis Boulenger, 1911: 23 [original combination]
Euspondylus spinalis — Burt & Burt, 1933: 63 [subsequent combination]
Proctoporus spinalis — Torres-Carvajal et al., 2016: 73 [subsequent combination]

Boulenger, G.A. 1911. Descriptions of new reptiles from the Andes of South America, preserved in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 8, 7(37): 19–25. BHL
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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Proctoporus spinalis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 November 2018.
Perez, J. & Lehr, E. 2017. IUCN: Euspondylus spinalis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48280449A48280453. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48280449A48280453.en

English: Boulenger's Sun Tegu