Oreosaurus achlyens
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota Subordo: Lacertoidea |
Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Oreosaurus
Species: Oreosaurus achlyens
Name
[edit]- Oreosaurus achlyens (Uzzell, 1958)
Holotype: UMMZ 117333, adult ♂.
Type locality: “20.5 km. NNW of Maracay on Maracay-Rancho Grande road, 1150 m. above sea level, near Rancho Grande, Aragua, Venezuela”.
Combinations
[edit]- Proctoporus achlyens — Uzzell, 1958: 8 [original combination]
- Riama achlyens — Doan & Castoe, 2005: 409 [subsequent combination]
- Oreosaurus achlyens — Sánchez-Pacheco et al., 2018: 290 [subsequent combination]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Uzzell, T.M. 1958. Teiid lizards related to Proctoporus luctuosus, with the description of a new species from Venezuela. Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 597: 1–15. hdl: 2027.42/57034
- Doan, T.M. & Castoe, T.A. 2005. Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cercosaurini (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with new genera for species of Neusticurus and Proctoporus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143(3): 405–416. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00145.x Reference page.
- Sánchez-Pacheco, S.J., Torres-Carvajal, O., Aguirre-Peñafiel, V., Nunes, P.M.S., Verrastro, L., Rivas, G.A., Rodrigues, M.T., Grant, T. & Murphy, R.W. 2018. Phylogeny of Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), impact of phenotypic evidence on molecular datasets, and the origin of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta endemic fauna. Cladistics 34(3): 260–291. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12203 Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Oreosaurus achlyens. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 June 2018.
- Rivas, G. & Schargel, W. 2016. IUCN: Riama achlyens (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T50950436A50950441. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T50950436A50950441.en