Polychrus peruvianus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

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 Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Polychrotidae
Genus: Polychrus
Species: Polychrus peruvianus

Name

• Polychrus peruvianus (Noble, 1924)

Holotype: MCZ 17973, adult ♂, collected by G.K. Noble on September 1916.

Type locality: “valleys near Querocotilla, province of Cajamarca, Peru”.

Combinations

• Polychroides peruvianus Noble, 1924: 109 [original combination]
• Polychrus peruvianus — Etheridge, 1965 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Noble, G.K. 1924. New lizards from northwestern Peru. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 5: 107–113. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Polychrus peruvianus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 March 2019.
• Venegas, P., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Yánez-Muñoz, M. 2017. IUCN: Polychrus peruvianus  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T178288A50867293. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178288A50867293.en

Vernacular names

English: Peruvian Bush Anole