Euspondylus excelsum

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: Euspondylus
Species: Euspondylus excelsum

Name

• Euspondylus excelsum Chávez, Catenazzi & Venegas, 2017: 303

Holotype: CORBIDI 16457, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Quebrada Tambo (-9.70483° Lat, -75.81383° Long, WGS 84, 1147 m above sea level): Huánuco Province, Huánuco Department, Peru.”

References

Primary references

• Chávez, G., Catenazzi, A. & Venegas, P.J. 2017. A new species of arboreal microteiid lizard of the genus Euspondylus (Gymnophtalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the Andean slopes of central Peru with comments on Peruvian Euspondylus. Zootaxa 4350(2): 301–316. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.2.6 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Euspondylus excelsum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 March 2018.