Potamites

Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Potamites
Species (8):
P. ecpleopus –
P. erythrocularis –
P. hydroimperator –
P. juruazensis –
P. montanicola –
P. ocellatus –
P. strangulatus –
P. trachodus
Name
[edit]Potamites Doan & Castoe, 2005: 408
- Type species: Euspondylus strangulatus Cope, 1868, by original designation.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.
- Chávez, G., Malqui, J. & Catenazzi, A. 2021. A new riparian Andean Potamites (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophtalmidae) from El Sira Mountains, central Peru, with comments on P. ecpleopus Cope 1875, and on the taxonomy and biogeography of Potamites. European Journal of Taxonomy 760(1): 136–159. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.760.1445
Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Potamites . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 May 2025.