Pantepuisaurus Explained

Pantepuisaurus is a genus of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is monotypic, containing only one species, Pantepuisaurus rodriguesi. The species is endemic to Guyana.

Etymology

The specific name, rodriguesi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues.^[1]

Geographic range

P. rodriguesi occurs in western Guyana.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of P. rodriguesi are forest, grassland, and freshwater wetland, at an altitude of 2080m (6,820feet).^[2]

Further reading

• Cole CJ, Townsend CR, Reynolds RP, MacCulloch RD, Lathrop A (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125 (4): 317-578 + Plates 580–620.
• Kok PJR (2009). "Lizard in the clouds: a new highland genus and species of Gymnophthalmidae (Reptilia: Squamata) from Maringma tepui, western Guyana". Zootaxa 1992: 53–67. (Pantepuisaurus rodriguesi, new genus and species).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Pantepuisaurus rodriguesi, p. 224).
2. www.reptile-database.org.