Neusticurus is a genus of gymnophthalmid lizards endemic to northern South America.[2] They are often found near streams and are semi-aquatic.[3] Some species formerly included in this genus are now placed in Potamites, which also are semi-aquatic inhabitants of South America.[4]

Neusticurus
Neusticurus bicarinatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe: Cercosaurini
Genus: Neusticurus
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[1]

Species

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Seven 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

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  1. ^ "Neusticurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
  2. ^ a b Genus Neusticurus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Bauer, Aaron M. [in French]; Jackman, Todd R. (2008). "Global diversity of lizards in freshwater (Reptilia: Lacertilia)". Hydrobiologia. 595 (1): 581–586. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9115-0. S2CID 46493725.
  4. ^ Doan, Tiffany M.; Castoe, Todd (2005). "Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cercosaurini (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with new genera for species of Neusticurus and Proctoporus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (3): 405–416. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00145.x.

Further reading

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  • 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).