Proctoporus unsaacae

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Perez, J. |author2=Aguilar, C. |date=2016 |title=Proctoporus unsaacae |volume=2016 |page=e.T48283758A48283767 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T48283758A48283767.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Proctoporus

| species = unsaacae

| authority = Doan & Castoe, 2003

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Proctoporus unsaacae is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.{{NRDB species|genus= Proctoporus|species=unsaacae|accessdate=4 August 2019}} The species is endemic to Peru.

Etymology

The specific name, unsaacae, is in honor of the herpetological research group at the Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad de Cusco (UNSAAC).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Proctoporus unsaacae, p. 270).

Geographic range

P. unsaacae is found in the Department of Cuzco, Peru.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. unsaacae is shrubland, at altitudes of {{convert|3,152|–|3,700|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

P. unsaacae is oviparous.

Proctoporus unsaacae

Etymology

Geographic range

Habitat

Reproduction

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