Riama orcesi

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: Riama
Species: Riama orcesi

Name

• Riama orcesi (Kizirian, 1995)

Holotype: KU 146709, adult ♂.

Type locality: “3.3 km (by road) ESE Cuyujua [78°00’W, 00°25’S], Provincia Napo, Ecuador, elevation 2350 m”.

Combinations

• Proctoporus orcesi Kizirian, 1995: 66 [original combination]
• Riama orcesi — Doan & Castoe, 2005: 409 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Kizirian, D.A. 1995. A new species of Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Andean Cordillera Oriental of northeastern Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 29(1): 66–72. DOI: 10.2307/1565087 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Riama orcesi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 June 2018.