Neusticurus
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Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox
Neusticurus is a genus of gymnophthalmid lizards endemic to northern South America.<ref name=RDB>Template:EMBL genus. www.reptile-database.org.</ref> They are often found near streams and are semi-aquatic.<ref name=Bauer2008>Template:Cite journal</ref> Some species formerly included in this genus are now placed in Potamites, which also are semi-aquatic inhabitants of South America.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Species
Seven species are recognized as being valid.<ref name=RDB/>
- Neusticurus arekuna Template:Small
- Neusticurus bicarinatus Template:Small - two-faced neusticurus
- Neusticurus medemi Template:Small - Medem's neusticurus
- Neusticurus racenisi Template:Small - Roze's neusticurus, common Venezuelan water teiid
- Neusticurus rudis Template:Small - red neusticurus
- Neusticurus surinamensis Template:Small - red neusticurus
- Neusticurus tatei Template:Small - Tate's neusticurus
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Neusticurus.
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Neusticurus, p. 381).
- Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [=General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles. Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Neusticurus, new genus, pp. 61–64). (in French).