Euspondylus
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Euspondylus is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.
Geographic range
The genus Euspondylus is endemic to northern South America.[1]
Species
The following 10 species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Euspondylus acutirostris (W. Peters, 1863) – sharp-snouted sun tegu
- Euspondylus auyanensis Myers, G. Rivas & Jadin, 2009
- Euspondylus caideni G. Köhler, 2003
- Euspondylus excelsum Chávez, Catenazzi & Venegas, 2017
- Euspondylus guentheri (O'Shaughnessy, 1881) – Günther's sun tegu
- Euspondylus maculatus Tschudi, 1845 – spotted sun tegu
- Euspondylus monsfumus Mijares-Urrutia, Señaris & Arends, 2001
- Euspondylus nellycarrillae G. Köhler & Lehr, 2004
- Euspondylus paxcorpus Doan & Adams, 2015[2]
- Euspondylus simonsii Boulenger, 1901 – Simons' sun tegu
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Euspondylus.
References
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- ↑ a b Genus Euspondylus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Doan, Tiffany M.; Adams, Grant (2015). "A novel species of Euspondylus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Andes Mountains of central Peru". Zootaxa 4033 (1): 129-136. (Euspodylus paxcorpus, new species).
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Further reading
- 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 Euspondylus, p. 404).
- Tschudi JJ (1845). "Reptilium conspectus quae in Republica Peruana reperiuntur et pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itenere ". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 (1): 150–170. (Euspondylus, new genus, pp. 160–161). (in Latin).