Euspondylus Explained

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.

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).

Notes and References

1. www.reptile-database.org.
2. [species:Tiffany M. Doan|Doan, Tiffany M.]