Riolama grandis

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: Riolaminae
Genus: Riolama
Species: Riolama grandis

Name

Riolama grandis Recoder, Prates, Marques-Souza, Camacho, Nunes, Dal Vechio, Ghellere, McDiarmid & Rodrigues, 2020: 279

• Holotype: MZUSP 116620 (field number MTR 40320), adult ♂, collected by M.T. Rodrigues, A. Camacho, F. Dal Vechio, I. Prates, J.M. Ghellere, R. Recoder and S. Marques-Souza on 18 November 2017.
• Type locality: “‘Bacia do Gelo’, in the highlands of the Serra da Neblina, Parque Nacional do Pico da Neblina, Santa Isabel do Rio Negro, Amazonas State, Brazil (0°47’37”N, 66°01’25”W; 2.013 m a.s.l; datum WGS84)”.

References

Primary references

• Recoder, R.S., Prates, I., Marques-Souza, S., Camacho, A., Nunes, P.M.S., Dal Vechio, F., Ghellere, J.M., McDiarmid, R.W. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2020. Lizards from the Lost World: two new species and evolutionary relationships of the Pantepui highland Riolama (Gymnophthalmidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190(1): 271–297. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz168 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Riolama grandis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 December 2022.