Magdalenasaura leurosquama

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Magdalenasaura
Species: Magdalenasaura leurosquama

Name

Magdalenasaura leurosquama Fang, Vásquez-Restrepo & Daza, 2020

• Holotype: MHUA-R 13153, adult ♂, collected by Carlos M. Marín on 20 August 2016.
• Type locality: “Colombia, department of Antioquia, municipality of Alejandría, vereda El Cerro, El Edén forest (6.36701 N, 75.02718 W, 1348 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Fang, J.M., Vásquez-Restrepo, J.D. & Daza, J.M. 2020. Filling the gaps in a highly diverse Neotropical lizard lineage: a new and endemic genus of Cercosaurinae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with the description of two new species from the Northern Andes of Colombia. Systematics and Biodiversity 18(5): 417–433. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2020.1783714 Reference page.