Andinosaura petrorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

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

Name

Andinosaura petrorum (Kizirian, 1996)

Holotype: USNM 196267, adult ♂.

Type locality: “the trail between Sevilla de Oro [78º38’ W, 02º47’ S] and Méndez [78º18’21” W, 02º41’58” S], on the E slopes of the mountains between Cerro Negro [78º32’ W, 02º45’ S] and Pailas [78º31’ W, 02º45’ S] (tambos), Morona-Santiago, Ecuador”.

Combinations

Proctoporus petrorum Kizirian, 1996: 122 [original combination]
Riama petrorum — Doan & Castoe, 2005: 409 [subsequent combination]
Andinosaura petrorum — Sánchez-Pacheco et al. 2018: 290 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Kizirian, D.A. 1996. A review of Ecuadorian Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with descriptions of nine new species. Herpetological Monographs 10: 85–155. DOI: 10.2307/1466981 Reference page.

Doan, T.M. & Castoe, T.A. 2005. Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cercosaurini (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with new genera for species of Neusticurus and Proctoporus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143(3): 405–416. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00145.x 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

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Andinosaura petrorum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 June 2018.
Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2011. IUCN: Riama petrorum (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T178746A7607726. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T178746A7607726.en

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