Andinosaura stellae

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: Lacertoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Andinosaura
Species: Andinosaura stellae

Name

Andinosaura stellae (Sánchez-Pacheco, 2010)

• Holotype: PSO-CZ 102, adult ♂, collected by J.E. Orejuela and G. Cantillo F. on 5 March 1986.
• Type locality: “Reserva La Planada, corregimiento de Ricaurte, municipio de Barbacoas, Departamento de Nariño, Colombia”.

Combinations

• Riama stellae Sánchez-Pacheco, 2010: 350 [original combination]
• Andinosaura stellae — Sánchez-Pacheco et al., 2018: 290 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Sánchez-Pacheco, S.J. 2010. A New “Microteiid” Lizard (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae: Riama) from Southwestern Colombia. Herpetologica 66(3): 349–356. DOI: 10.1655/09-033.1 Reference page. 
• Sánchez-Pacheco, S.J., Torres-Carvajal, O., Aguirre-Peñafiel, V., Nunes, P.M.S., Verrastro, L., Rivas, G.A., Rodrigues, M.T., Grant, T. & Murphy, R.W. 2018. Phylogeny of Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), impact of phenotypic evidence on molecular datasets, and the origin of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta endemic fauna. Cladistics 34(3): 260–291. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12203 Reference page. 

Links

• Bolívar, W. & Velasco, J. 2015. IUCN: Riama stellae  (Data Deficient) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44578828A115386998. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44578828A44578831.en. Accessed on 17 December 2025.