Andinosaura aurea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Superfamilia: Lacertoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Andinosaura
Species: Andinosaura aurea

Name

• Andinosaura aurea (Sánchez-Pacheco, Aguirre-Peñafiel & Torres-Carvajal, 2012)

Holotype: QCAZ 07886, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Guanazán, Provincia El Oro, Ecuador, 2789 m; 03°26’29”S; 79°29’39”W”.

Etymology: The name is derived from the Latin word aurum, meaning gold, and refers to the provenance of the species, El Oro province.

Combinations

• Riama aurea Sánchez-Pacheco, Aguirre-Peñafiel & Torres-Carvajal, 2012: 260 [original combination]
• Andinosaura aurea — Sánchez-Pacheco et al., 2018: 290 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Sánchez-Pacheco, S.J., Aguirre-Peñafiel, V. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2012. Lizards of the genus Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae): the diversity in southern Ecuador revisited. South American Journal of Herpetology 7(3): 259–275. DOI: 10.2994/057.007.0308 Reference page. 
• Sánchez-Pacheco, S.J., Torres-Carvajal, O., Aguirre-Peñafiel, V., Nunes, P.M.S., Verrastro, L., Rivas, G.A., Rodrigues, M.T., Grant, T. & Murphy, R.W. 2018. Phylogeny of Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), impact of phenotypic evidence on molecular datasets, and the origin of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta endemic fauna. Cladistics 34(3): 260–291. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12203 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Andinosaura aurea. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 June 2018.
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Valencia, J., Brito, J., Almendáriz, A. & Munoz, G. 2017. IUCN: Riama aurea  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T50950460A50950463. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T50950460A50950463.en