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Proctoporus

Proctoporus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Scincomorpha
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Proctoporus
Tschudi, 1845
Species
  • P. pachyurus Tschudi, 1845 (type)
  • P. bolivianus (F. Werner, 1910) synonym P. subsolanus
  • P. chasqui (Chávez, Siu-Tinf, Dúran & Venegas, 2011) synonym Euspondylus chasqui
  • P. guentheri Boettger, 1891 synonyms Oreosaurus guentheri, O. ocellifer, O. anomalus
  • P. sucullucu Doan & Castoe, 2003
  • P. unsaacae Doan & Castoe, 2003
  • P. xestus (Uzzell, 1969) synonym Opipeuter xestus
Synonyms

Opipeuter Uzzell, 1969, non Fortey, 1974 (a trilobite)


Opipeuter Uzzell, 1969, non Fortey, 1974 (a trilobite)

Proctoporus is a genus of medium-sized lizards (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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