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Proctoporus

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Proctoporus is a genus of medium-sized lizards (snout-vent length between 2.7 centimetres or 1.1 inches and 7.8 centimetres or 3.1 inches) 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 1,000 and 4,000 metres (3,300 and 13,100 ft) elevation, from Central Peru in the north to Central Bolivia in the south.[1]

Taxonomy

Relationships between the species assigned to Proctoporus. Note several new species that were previously assigned to P. bolivianus, but need to be split off based on genetic analysis

Species

The following 21 species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Proctoporus.

References

  1. ^ Goicoechea N, Padial JM, Chaparro JC, Castroviejo-Fisher S, De la Riva I [in French] (2012). "Molecular phylogenetics, species diversity, and biogeography of the Andean lizards of the genus Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65 (3): 953–964. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.08.017. PMID 22982151.
  2. ^ Genus Proctoporus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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Proctoporus: Brief Summary

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Proctoporus is a genus of medium-sized lizards (snout-vent length between 2.7 centimetres or 1.1 inches and 7.8 centimetres or 3.1 inches) 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 1,000 and 4,000 metres (3,300 and 13,100 ft) elevation, from Central Peru in the north to Central Bolivia in the south.

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