Arthrosaura synaptolepis

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: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Ecpleopodini
Genus: Arthrosaura
Species: Arthrosaura synaptolepis

Name

Arthrosaura synaptolepis Donnelly, McDiarmid & Myers, 1992: 822

• Holotype: USNM 317882, adult ♂, collected by Alfred L. Gardner on 27 February 1935.
• Type locality: “about 6.2 km NNE Pico da Neblina, 1400-1450 m, Cerro de la Neblina, Amazonas, Venezuela (00°51’45’’ N, 65°58’52’’ W)”.

References

Primary references

• Donnelly, M.A., McDiarmid, R.W. & Myers, C.W. 1992. A New Lizard of the Genus Arthrosaura Teiidae from Southern Venezuela. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105(4): 821–833. BHL

Links

• Rivas, G., Schargel, W., La Marca, E., García-Pérez, J.E. & Doan, T. 2017. IUCN: Arthrosaura synaptolepis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T178713A67511670. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178713A67511670.en. Accessed on 17 April 2026.