Echinosaura fischerorum

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: Echinosaura
Species: Echinosaura fischerorum

Name

Echinosaura fischerorum Yánez-Muñoz, Torres-Carvajal, Reyes-Puig, Urgilés-Merchán & Koch, 2021: 6

• Holotype: DHMECN 15208, adult ♂, collected by Juan P. Reyes-Puig, Daniela Franco and Héctor Yela on 22 April 2019.
• Type locality: “Reserva Dracula, Sector El Guapilal (0.891, −78.203; 1,689 m), Carchi Province, Ecuador”.

References

Primary references

• Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Torres-Carvajal, O., Reyes-Puig, J.P., Urgilés-Merchán, M.A. & Koch, C. 2021. A new and very spiny lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Echinosaura) from the Andes in northwestern Ecuador. PeerJ 9: e12523. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12523 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Echinosaura fischerorum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 April 2023.

Vernacular names

• español: Lagartija espinosa de los Fischer