Potamites

Potamites montanicola, Potamites strangulatus strangulatus, Potamites ecpleopus & Potamites strangulatus trachodus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Potamites
Species (7): P. apodemus – P. ecpleopus – P. erythrocularis – P. juruazensis – P. montanicola – P. ocellatus – P. strangulatus

Name

• Potamites Doan & Castoe, 2005: 408

Type species: Euspondylus strangulatus Cope, 1868, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• Altamirano-Benavides, M., Zaher, H., Lobo, L.M., Graziotin, F.G., Nunes, P.M.S. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2013. A new species of lizard genus Potamites from Ecuador (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). Zootaxa 3717(3): 345–358. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.3.4 Reference page. 
• Chávez, G. & Vásquez, D. 2012. A new species of Andean semiaquatic lizard of the genus Potamites (Sauria, Gymnophtalmidae) from southern Peru. ZooKeys 168: 31-43. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.168.2048 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2019. Potamites . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 March 2018.