Proctoporus laudahnae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Proctoporus
Species: Proctoporus laudahnae

Name

Proctoporus laudahnae Köhler & Lehr, 2004: 506

• Holotype: MHNSM 20116, adult ♂, collected by Cesar Aguilar on 21 April 1999.
• Type locality: “Peru, Departamento de Huainuco, Palma Pampa (9°53’14” S, 75°53’21” W), 3010 m elevation”.

Combinations

• Proctoporus laudahnae Köhler & Lehr, 2004: 506 [original combination]
• Riama laudahnae — Doan & Castoe, 2005: 409 [subsequent combination]
• Proctoporus laudahnae — Torres-Carvajal et al., 2016: 73 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Köhler, G. & Lehr, E. 2004. Comments on Euspondylus and Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Peru, with the description of three new species and a key to the Peruvian species. Herpetologica 60(4): 501–518. DOI: 10.1655/03-93 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Torres-Carvajal, O., Lobos, S.E., Venegas, P.J., Chávez, G., Aguirre-Peñafiel, V., Zurita, D. & Echevarría, L.Y. 2016. Phylogeny and biogeography of the most diverse clade of South American gymnophthalmid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 63–75. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.006 Reference page. 

Links

• Lehr, E. 2017. IUCN: Riama laudahnae  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48283868A48283895. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48283868A48283895.en. Accessed on 07 October 2025.