Riolama
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Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox
Riolama is a small genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.
Geographic range
The genus Riolama found in Venezuela and Brazil.<ref name=RDB>Template:NRDB genus</ref>
Species
The genus Riolama contains 6 species:<ref name=RDB/>
- Riolama grandis Template:Small
- Riolama inopinata Template:Small
- Riolama leucosticta Template:Small - white-spotted riolama
- Riolama luridiventris Template:Small
- Riolama stellata Template:Small
- Riolama uzzelli Template:Small
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
References
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).