Macropholidus huancabambae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Macropholidus
Species: Macropholidus huancabambae

Name

Macropholidus huancabambae (Reeder, 1996)

• Holotype: LSUMZ 27167, adult ♂, collected by Richard Thomas on 28 November 1974.
• Type locality: “33 km (by road) SW Huancabamba, elevation approximately 7000 ft (~2133 m) (west of Cruz Blanca; below summit of Cordillera Huancabamba), Departamento Piura, Peru”.

Combinations

• Pholidobolus huancabambae Reeder, 1996: 282 [original combination]
• Macropholidus huancabambae — Torres-Carvajal & Mafla-Endara, 2013 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Reeder, T.W. 1996. A New Species of Pholidobolus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Huancabamba Depression of Northern Peru. Herpetologica 52(2): 282–289. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Torres-Carvajal, O. & Mafla-Endara, P. 2013. Evolutionary history of Andean Pholidobolus and Macropholidus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(2): 212–217. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.013 Reference page. 

Links

• Lehr, E. 2019. IUCN: Macropholidus huancabambae  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T48282025A48282033. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T48282025A48282033.en. Accessed on 25 April 2022.