Riolama Explained

Riolama is a small genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.

Geographic range

The genus Riolama found in Venezuela and Brazil.

Species

The genus Riolama contains 6 species:

• Riolama grandis
• Riolama inopinata
• Riolama leucosticta - white-spotted riolama
• Riolama luridiventris
• Riolama stellata
• Riolama uzzelli

Nota bene

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

Relatives of the Riolama, nicknamed "The Night Sky" and "The Brown Giant" were discovered by scientists in the Pico da Neblina National Park, Brazil in 2018.^[1]

Further reading

• Uzzell T (1973). "A Revision of Lizards of the Genus Prionodactylus, with a New Genus for P. leucostictus and Notes on the Genus Euspondylus (Sauria, Teiidae)". Postilla, Peabody Mus., Yale Univ. (159): 1-67. (Riolama, new genus, pp. 52–55).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Amazon Discoveries - The new species found where few scientists have gone before. Jung. Elaine. 2018-04-06. BBC News. en-GB. 2018-04-06.