Biology:Rheosaurus

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Short description: Species of lizard

Rheosaurus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Rheosaurus
Vásquez-Restrepo, Ibáñez, Sánchez-Pacheco, & Daza, 2019
Species:
R. sulcarostrum
Binomial name
Rheosaurus sulcarostrum
Donnelly, MacCulloch, Ugarte & Kizirian, 2006

Rheosaurus sulcarostrum is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Guyana.[3] It is monotypic in the genus Rheosaurus.

Habitat

R. sulcarostrum is found in leaf litter on the floor of high-canopy rainforest.

Geographic range

R. sulcarostrum has been found in northwestern Guyana at low elevation. Because of its secretive habitat, it is likely to be found elsewhere.

References

  1. Ouboter, P. & Hoogmoed, M. 2017. Echinosaura sulcarostrum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T203057A2759587. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T203057A2759587.en. Downloaded on 23 July 2019.
  2. "A new riparian gymnophthalmid (Squamata) from Guyana". Copeia 2006 (3): 396–403. 2006. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2006)2006[396:anrgsf2.0.co;2].  (Echinosaura sulcarostrum, new species).
  3. Cole, Charles J.; Townsend, Carol R.; Reynolds, Robert P.; MacCulloch, Ross D.; Lathrop, Amy (January 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. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-125.4.317. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5247715 entry