Proctoporus spinalis

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

Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.31.44-57, collected by E. Boettger.

Type locality: “Huancabamba, E. Peru, above 3000 feet”.

Prionodactylus spinalis Boulenger, 1911: 23 [original combination]
Euspondylus spinalis — Burt & Burt, 1933: 63 [subsequent combination]
Proctoporus spinalis — Torres-Carvajal et al., 2016: 73 [subsequent combination]

Boulenger, G.A. 1911. Descriptions of new reptiles from the Andes of South America, preserved in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 8, 7(37): 19–25. BHL
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.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Proctoporus spinalis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 November 2018.
Perez, J. & Lehr, E. 2017. IUCN: Euspondylus spinalis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48280449A48280453. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48280449A48280453.en