Riama Explained

Riama is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Species

The genus Riama contains 16 species which are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Riama anatoloros
• Riama antioquensis
• Riama balneator
• Riama cashcaensis – Kizorian's lightbulb lizard
• Riama colomaromani
• Riama columbiana – Colombian lightbulb lizard
• Riama inanis
• Riama labionis
• Riama meleagris – brown lightbulb lizard
• Riama orcesi
• Riama raneyi
• Riama simotera – O'Shaughnessy's lightbulb lizard
• Riama stigmatoral
• Riama striata – striped lightbulb lizard,
• Riama unicolor – drab lightbulb lizard
• Riama yumborum

Nota bene

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

Further reading

• Gray JE (1858). "Description of Riama, a New Genus of Lizards, forming a distinct Family". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series 1858: 444–446. (Riama, new genus, p. 445; R. unicolor, new species, p. 446 + Plate XV, figure 2).

Notes and References

1. www.reptile-database.org.