| Euspondylus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Tribe: | Cercosaurini |
| Genus: | Euspondylus Tschudi, 1845 [1] |
Euspondylus is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.
Geographic range
The genus Euspondylus is endemic to northern South America.[2]
Species
The following 10 species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Euspondylus acutirostris (W. Peters, 1863) – sharp-snouted sun tegu
- Euspondylus auyanensis Myers, G. Rivas & Jadin, 2009
- Euspondylus caideni G. Köhler, 2003
- Euspondylus excelsum Chavez, Catenazzi & Venegas, 2017
- Euspondylus guentheri (O'Shaughnessy, 1881) – Günther's sun tegu
- Euspondylus maculatus Tschudi, 1845 – spotted sun tegu
- Euspondylus monsfumus Mijares-Urrutia, Señaris & Arends, 2001
- Euspondylus nellycarrillae G. Köhler & Lehr, 2004
- Euspondylus paxcorpus Doan & Adams, 2015[3]
- Euspondylus simonsii Boulenger, 1901 – Simons' sun tegu
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Euspondylus.
References
- ^ "Euspondylus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
- ^ a b Genus Euspondylus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Doan TM, Adams G (2015). "A novel species of Euspondylus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Andes Mountains of central Peru". Zootaxa 4033 (1): 129-136. (Euspodylus paxcorpus, new species).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Euspondylus, p. 404).
- Tschudi JJ (1845). "Reptilium conspectus quae in Republica Peruana reperiuntur et pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itenere ". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 (1): 150–170. (Euspondylus, new genus, pp. 160–161). (in Latin).