Pantepuisaurus is a genus of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is monotypic, containing only one species, Pantepuisaurus rodriguesi. The species is endemic to Guyana.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Pantepuisaurus Kok, 2009 |
| Species: | P. rodriguesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pantepuisaurus rodriguesi Kok, 2009
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Etymology edit
The specific name, rodriguesi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues.[2]
Geographic range edit
P. rodriguesi occurs in western Guyana.[3]
Habitat edit
The preferred habitats of P. rodriguesi are forest, grassland, and freshwater wetland, at an altitude of 2,080 m (6,820 ft).[1][3]
References edit
- ^ a b Hoogmoed, M.S. (2017). "Pantepuisaurus rodriguesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T66081103A66081153. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T66081103A66081153.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pantepuisaurus rodriguesi, p. 224).
- ^ a b Species Pantepuisaurus rodriguesi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading edit
- Cole CJ, Townsend CR, Reynolds RP, MacCulloch RD, Lathrop A (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125 (4): 317-578 + Plates 580–620.
- Kok PJR (2009). "Lizard in the clouds: a new highland genus and species of Gymnophthalmidae (Reptilia: Squamata) from Maringma tepui, western Guyana". Zootaxa 1992: 53–67. (Pantepuisaurus rodriguesi, new genus and species).
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