Oreosaurus rhodogaster

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata 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 Suprefamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Holotype: MHNLS 16645, adult ♂.

Type locality: “between Las Melenas and Cerro Humo, approx. 650 [elevation], Península de Paria, Sucre state, Venezuela”.

Riama rhodogaster Rivas, Schargel & Meik, 2005: 462 [original combination]
Oreosaurus rhodogaster — Sánchez-Pacheco et al., 2018: 290 [subsequent combination]

Rivas, G.A., Schargel, W.E. & Meik, J.M. 2005. A new species of Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), endemic to the Península de Paria, Venezuela. Herpetologica 61(4): 461–468. doi: 10.1655/04-96.1 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.

Rivas, G. & Schargel, W. 2017. IUCN: Riama rhodogaster (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T50950556A50950558. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T50950556A50950558.en