Andinosaura crypta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Lacertoidea

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

Name

Andinosaura crypta (Sánchez-Pacheco, Kizirian & Nunes, 2011)

• Holotype: KU 135103, adult ♂, collected by Thomas H. Fritts on 3 July 1970.
• Type locality: “Pilaló, Cotopaxi, Ecuador, 2320–2700 m”.

Combinations

• Riama crypta Sánchez-Pacheco, Kizirian & Nunes, 2011: 6 [original combination]
• Andinosaura crypta — Sánchez-Pacheco et al., 2018: 290 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Sánchez-Pacheco, S.J., Kizirian, D.A. & Nunes, P.M.S. 2011. A New Species of Riama from Ecuador Previously Referred to as Riama hyposticta (Boulenger, 1902) (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). American Museum Novitates 3719: 1–15. DOI: 10.1206/3719.2 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

• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2017. IUCN: Riama crypta  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T50950499A50950502. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T50950499A50950502.en. Accessed on 15 December 2025.