Neusticurus

Neusticurus is a genus of gymnophthalmid lizards endemic to northern South America.^[1] They are often found near streams and are semi-aquatic.^[2] Some species formerly included in this genus are now placed in Potamites, which also are semi-aquatic inhabitants of South America.^[3]

Species

Seven species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

Neusticurus arekuna Kok, Bittenbinder, van den Berg, Marques-Souza, Sales Nunes, Laking, Teixeira, Fouquet, Means, MacCulloch & Rodrigues, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Neusticurus bicarinatus (Linnaeus, 1758)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - two-faced neusticurus
Neusticurus medemi Dixon & Lamar, 1981Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Medem's neusticurus
Neusticurus racenisi Roze, 1958Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Roze's neusticurus, common Venezuelan water teiid
Neusticurus rudis Boulenger, 1900Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - red neusticurus
Neusticurus surinamensis L. Müller, 1923Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - red neusticurus
Neusticurus tatei (C.E. Burt & M.D. Burt, 1931)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Tate's neusticurus

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Neusticurus.

Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Neusticurus, p. 381).
Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [=General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles. Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Neusticurus, new genus, pp. 61–64). (in French).