Riama meleagris

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

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.31.33, ♂.

Type locality: “W.[estern] Ecuador”.

Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 2. Second edition. Order of the Trustees: London. xiii + 497 pp. BHL
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.

Kizirian, D.A. 1996. A review of Ecuadorian Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with descriptions of nine new species. Herpetological Monographs 10: 85–155. DOI: 10.2307/1466981 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Riama meleagris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 June 2018.
Cisneros-Heredia, D., Yánez-Muñoz, M. & Reyes-Puig, C. 2017. IUCN: Riama meleagris (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44578798A44578807. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44578798A44578807.en

English: Brown Lightbulb Lizard