Proctoporus
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Proctoporus is a genus of medium-sized lizards (snout-vent length between Template:Convert and Template:Convert) assigned to the family Gymnophthalmidae. Species in the genus Proctoporus occur in Yungas forests and wet montane grasslands on the upper edge of the Amazonian forest, between Template:Convert elevation, from Central Peru in the north to Central Bolivia in the south.<ref name='Goicoechea'>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Taxonomy
Species
The following 21 species are recognized as being valid.<ref>Template:EMBL genus. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
- Proctoporus bolivianus Template:Small – Bolivian lightbulb lizard
- Proctoporus carabaya Template:Small
- Proctoporus cephalolineatus Template:Small
- Proctoporus chasqui Template:Small
- Proctoporus guentheri Template:Small – Günther's lightbulb lizard
- Proctoporus iridescens Template:Small
- Proctoporus katerynae Template:Small
- Proctoporus kiziriani Template:Small
- Proctoporus lacertus Template:Small
- Proctoporus laudahnae Template:Small
- Proctoporus machupicchu Template:Small – Machu Picchu Andean lizard
- Proctoporus oreades Template:Small
- Proctoporus optimus Template:Small
- Proctoporus otishi Template:Small
- Proctoporus pachyurus Template:Small – Tschudi's lightbulb lizard
- Proctoporus rahmi Template:Small – Rahm's sun tegu
- Proctoporus spinalis Template:Small – Boulenger's sun tegu
- Proctoporus sucullucu Template:Small
- Proctoporus titans Template:Small
- Proctoporus unsaacae Template:Small
- Proctoporus xestus Template:Small – river teiid
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Proctoporus.
References
Further reading
- Tschudi JJ de (1845). "Reptilium conspectus quae in Republica Peruana reperiuntur et pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itinere ". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 (1): 150–170. (Proctoporus, new genus, p. 161; P. pachyurus, new species, p. 161). (in Latin).