Proctoporus rahmi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

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

Name

• Proctoporus rahmi (de Grys, 1936)

Holotype: ZMUH 5221.

Type locality: “Andes of Cuzco, Peru”.

Combinations

• Prionodactylus rahmi de Grys, 1936: 27 [original combination]
• Euspondylus rahmi — Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970: 121 [subsequent combination]
• Proctoporus rahmi — Torres-Carvajal et al., 2016: 73 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• de Grys, P. 1936. Prionodactylus rahmi, eine neue Eidechse aus den Anden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 116: 27–30.
• 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

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Proctoporus rahmi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 November 2018.
• Aguilar, C. & Perez, J. 2016. IUCN: Euspondylus rahmi  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T48280361A48280414. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T48280361A48280414.en

Vernacular names

• English: Rahm's Sun Tegu