Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota Subordo: Lacertoidea |
Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Echinosaura
Species: Echinosaura keyi
Name
Holotype: UIMNH 80451, adult ♂.
Type locality: “4 km E Río Baba bridge, 24 km. S Santo Domingo de los Colorados, 600 m., Pichincha, Ecuador”.
Combinations
- Teuchocercus keyi Fritts & Smith, 1969: 54 [original combination]
- Echinosaura keyi — Torres-Carvajal et al. 2016: 74 [subsequent combination]
References
Primary references
- Fritts, T.H. & Smith, H.M. 1969. A new teiid lizard genus from Western Ecuador. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 72(1): 54–59. DOI: 10.2307/3627048 JSTOR Reference page.
- Torres-Carvajal, O., Lobos, S.E., Venegas, P.J., Chávez, G., Aguirre-Peñafiel, V., Zurita, D. & Echevarría, L.Y. 2016. Phylogeny and biogeography of the most diverse clade of South American gymnophthalmid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 63–75. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.006 Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Echinosaura keyi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 June 2018.
- Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Yánez-Muñoz, M. 2016. IUCN: Teuchocercus keyi (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T50950605A50950612. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T50950605A50950612.en
Vernacular names
español: Lagartija minadora tropical