Proctoporus
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Proctoporus
| taxon = Proctoporus
| authority = Tschudi, 1845
| synonyms = Opipeuter {{small|Uzzell, 1969, non Fortey, 1974 (a trilobite)}}
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Proctoporus is a genus of medium-sized lizards (snout-vent length between {{convert|2.7|cm|in|disp=or}} and {{convert|7.8|cm|in|disp=or}}) 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 {{convert|1000|and|4000|m|ft}} elevation, from Central Peru in the north to Central Bolivia in the south.{{cite journal|vauthors=Goicoechea N, Padial JM, Chaparro JC, Castroviejo-Fisher S, De la Riva I|year=2012|title=Molecular phylogenetics, species diversity, and biogeography of the Andean lizards of the genus Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=65|issue=3|pages=953–964|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2012.08.017|pmid=22982151}}
Taxonomy
=Species =
The following 21 species are recognized as being valid.{{EMBL genus|genus=Proctoporus}}. www.reptile-database.org.
- Proctoporus bolivianus {{small|F. Werner, 1910}} – Bolivian lightbulb lizard
- Proctoporus carabaya {{small|Goicoechea, Padial, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher & De la Riva, 2013}}
- Proctoporus cephalolineatus {{small|García-Pérz & Yustiz, 1995}}
- Proctoporus chasqui {{small|(Chávez, Siu-Ting, Duran & Venegas, 2011)}}
- Proctoporus guentheri {{small|(Boettger, 1891)}} – Günther's lightbulb lizard
- Proctoporus iridescens {{small|Goicoechea, Padial, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher & De la Riva, 2013}}
- Proctoporus katerynae {{small|Mamani, Cruz, Mallqui & Catenazzi, 2022}}
- Proctoporus kiziriani {{small|Goicoechea, Padial, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher & De la Riva, 2013}}
- Proctoporus lacertus {{small|(Stejneger, 1913)}}
- Proctoporus laudahnae {{small|(G. Köhler & Lehr, 2004)}}
- Proctoporus machupicchu {{small|Mamani, Goicoechea & Chaparro, 2015}} – Machu Picchu Andean lizard
- Proctoporus oreades {{small|Chávez, Siu-Ting, Duran & Venegas, 2011}}
- Proctoporus optimus {{small|Mamani, Cruz, Mallqui & Catenazzi, 2022}}
- Proctoporus otishi {{small|Mamani & Rodríguez, 2022}}
- Proctoporus pachyurus {{small|Tschudi, 1845}} – Tschudi's lightbulb lizard
- Proctoporus rahmi {{small|(De Grijs, 1936)}} – Rahm's sun tegu
- Proctoporus spinalis {{small|(Boulenger, 1911)}} – Boulenger's sun tegu
- Proctoporus sucullucu {{small|Doan & Castoe, 2003}}
- Proctoporus titans {{small|Lehr, Cusi, Fernandez, Vera & Catenazzi, 2022}}
- Proctoporus unsaacae {{small|Doan & Castoe, 2003}}
- Proctoporus xestus {{small|(Uzzell, 1969)}} – river teiid
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Proctoporus.
References
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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).
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Category:Taxa named by Johann Jakob von Tschudi
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