Marinussaurus curupira

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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Ecpleopodini
Genus: Marinussaurus
Species: Marinussaurus curupira

Name

Marinussaurus curupira Peloso, Pellegrino, Rodrigues & Ávila-Pires, 2011: 5

• Holotype: INPA 19855, adult ♂, collected by V.T. Carvalho on 30 August 2007.
• Type locality: “"Ramal km 27", Iranduba, state of Amazonas, Brazil (no coordinates available)”.

References

Primary references

• Peloso, P.L.V., Pellegrino, K.C.M., Rodrigues, M.T. & Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. 2011. Description and Phylogenetic Relationships of a New Genus and Species of Lizard (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Amazonian Rainforest of Northern Brazil. American Museum Novitates 3713: 1–24. hdl: 2246/6113 Reference page. 

Links

• Silveira, A.L., da Rocha, C.F.D., Nogueira, C. de C., Werneck, F.P., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Ribeiro Júnior, M.A., Kiefer, M., de Freitas, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S., Valadão, R., Cardoso Vieira, R., Perez Maciel, R., Gomes Faria, R., Recoder, R., Ávila, R.W., Torquato da Silva, S., de Barcelos Ribeiro, S. & Avila-Pires, T.C.S. 2021. IUCN: Marinussaurus curupira  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T137792497A137792509. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T137792497A137792509.pt. Accessed on 12 December 2025.