Proctoporus rahmi

Proctoporus rahmi, Rahm's sun tegu, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] It is endemic to Peru.

Proctoporus rahmi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Proctoporus
Species:
P. rahmi
Binomial name
Proctoporus rahmi
(De Grijs, 1936)
Synonyms[2]
  • Prionodactylus rahmi
    De Grijs, 1936
  • Euspondylus rahmi
    — J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda
  • Proctoporus rahmi
    — Torres-Carvajal et al., 2016

Etymology

The specific name, rahmi, is in honor of Peter Rahm who collected the holotype.[3]

Geographic range

P. rahmi is found in the Andes of southeastern Peru, near Cusco, at an altitude of 2,400 m (7,900 ft).[1][2]

Reproduction

P. rahmi is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Aguilar C, Perez J (2016). "Euspondylus rahmi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T48280361A48280414. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T48280361A48280414.en. Downloaded on 04 August 2019.
  2. Proctoporus rahmi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 August 2019.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Euspondylus rahmi, p. 216).

Further reading
  • De Gris P (1936). "Prionodactylus rahmi, eine neue Eidechse aus den Anden [= Prionodactylus rahmi, a new lizard from the Andes]". Zoologische Anzeiger 116: 27–30. (Prionodactylus rahmi, new species). (in German).
  • Köhler G, Lehr E (2004). "Comments on Euspondylus and Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Peru, with the Description of Three New Species and a Key to the Peruvian Species". Herpetologica 60 (4): 501–518.
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Lobos SE, Venegas PJ, Chávez G, Aguirre-Peñafiel V, Zurita D, Echevarría LY (2016). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the most diverse clade of South American gymnophthalmid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 63–75. (Proctoporus rahmi, new combination).


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