Proctoporus Explained

Proctoporus is a genus of medium-sized lizards (snout-vent length between 2.7cm (01.1inches) and 7.8cm (03.1inches)) assigned to the family Gymnophthalmidae. Species in the genus Proctoporus occur in Yungas forests and wet montane grasslands on the upper edge of the Amazonian forest, between 1000mand4000mm (3,000feetand13,000feetm) elevation, from Central Peru in the north to Central Bolivia in the south.^[1]

Taxonomy

Species

The following 21 species are recognized as being valid.^[2]

• Proctoporus bolivianus – Bolivian lightbulb lizard
• Proctoporus carabaya
• Proctoporus cephalolineatus
• Proctoporus chasqui
• Proctoporus guentheri – Günther's lightbulb lizard
• Proctoporus iridescens
• Proctoporus katerynae
• Proctoporus kiziriani
• Proctoporus lacertus
• Proctoporus laudahnae
• Proctoporus machupicchu – Machu Picchu Andean lizard
• Proctoporus oreades
• Proctoporus optimus
• Proctoporus otishi
• Proctoporus pachyurus – Tschudi's lightbulb lizard
• Proctoporus rahmi – Rahm's sun tegu
• Proctoporus spinalis – Boulenger's sun tegu
• Proctoporus sucullucu
• Proctoporus titans
• Proctoporus unsaacae
• Proctoporus xestus – river teiid

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Proctoporus.

Further reading

• Tschudi JJ de (1845). "Reptilium conspectus quae in Republica Peruana reperiuntur et pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itinere ". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 (1): 150–170. (Proctoporus, new genus, p. 161; P. pachyurus, new species, p. 161). (in Latin).

Notes and References

1. Goicoechea N, Padial JM, Chaparro JC, Castroviejo-Fisher S, De la Riva I. 2012. Molecular phylogenetics, species diversity, and biogeography of the Andean lizards of the genus Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65. 3. 953–964. 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.08.017. 22982151.
2. . www.reptile-database.org.