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Neusticurus

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Neusticurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Sauria or
Lacertilia
Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
Family:
Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:
Neusticurus

Neusticurus is a genus of gymnophthalmid lizards endemic to northern South America.[2]

Species

Five 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 Neusticurus.

References

  1. ^ Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
  2. ^ a b The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ ... London:Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Neusticurus, p. 381).
  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G. 1839. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième. [=General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles. Volume 5.] Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Neusticurus, new genus, pp. 61-64). (in French).


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