Tretioscincus bifasciatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Lacertoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Gymnophthalminae
Tribus: Gymnophthalmini
Genus: Tretioscincus
Species: Tretioscincus bifasciatus

Name

• Tretioscincus bifasciatus (Duméril in Duméril & Duméril, 1851)

Holotype: MNHN-RA-0.3038, collected by M.J. Goudot.

Type locality: “Valléé de Madeleine (Nouvelle-Grenade) [=Río Magdalena Valley, Colombia]”.

Combinations

• Heteropus bifasciatus Duméril in Duméril & Duméril, 1851: 182 [original combination]
• Tretioscincus bifasciatus — Cope, 19864: 299 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Tretioscincus castanicterus Cope, 1862: 184

Syntypes (2): ANSP 9633-34.

Type locality: “New Grenada”.

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1851. Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Gide et Baudry/Roret: Paris. iv + 224 pp. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1862. Contributions to Neotropical Saurology. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 176–188. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Tretioscincus bifasciatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 August 2018.
• Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Caicedo, J. & Rivas, G. 2016. IUCN: Tretioscincus bifasciatus  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44578867A115387107. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44578867A44578876.en

Vernacular names

• English: Rio Magdalena Tegu