Riama
| Riama | |
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| Riama striata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Riama Gray, 1858 |
Riama is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.
Species
[edit]The genus Riama contains 16 species which are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Riama anatoloros (Kizirian, 1996)
- Riama antioquensis Arredondo, 2013
- Riama balneator (Kizirian, 1996)
- Riama cashcaensis (Kizirian & Coloma, 1991) – Kizorian's lightbulb lizard
- Riama colomaromani (Kizirian, 1996)
- Riama columbiana (Andersson, 1914) – Colombian lightbulb lizard
- Riama inanis (Doan & Schargel, 2003)
- Riama labionis (Kizirian, 1996)
- Riama meleagris (Boulenger, 1885) – brown lightbulb lizard
- Riama orcesi (Kizirian, 1995)
- Riama raneyi (Kizirian, 1996)
- Riama simotera (O'Shaughnessy, 1879) – O'Shaughnessy's lightbulb lizard
- Riama stigmatoral (Kizirian, 1996)
- Riama striata (W. Peters, 1863) – striped lightbulb lizard,
- Riama unicolor Gray, 1858 – drab lightbulb lizard
- Riama yumborum Aguirre-Peñafiel, Torres-Carvajal, Sales-Nunes, Peck & Maddock, 2014
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Riama.
References
[edit]- ^ Genus Riama at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
[edit]- Gray JE (1858). "Description of Riama, a New Genus of Lizards, forming a distinct Family". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series 1858: 444–446. (Riama, new genus, p. 445; R. unicolor, new species, p. 446 + Plate XV, figure 2).
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