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Proctoporus guentheri (BOETTGER, 1891)

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Günther's Lightbulb Lizard 
SynonymOreosaurus Guentheri BOETTGER 1891: 345
Oreosaurus ocellifer BOULENGER 1902: 400
Prionodactylus ocellifer — WERNER 1916: 307
Oreosaurus anomalus BARBOUR & NOBLE 1921: 614
Proctoporus guentheri — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 239
Proctoporus guentheri — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Proctoporus guentheri — DOAN & SCHARGEL 2003
Oreosaurus ocillifer — MAMANI et al. 2022 (in error) 
DistributionBolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz), Peru (Cusco); elevation 1000-3200 m.

Type locality: Sorata, Bolivia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.8.31.22 (and possibly additional specimens).
Holotype: USNM 60704 [Oreosaurus anomalus] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: The presence of two elongated genial scales, the row of transverse ventral scales (26 in P. bolivianus and 17–20 in P. guentheri), and the row of transverse dorsal scales (37–45 in P. bolivianus and 29–35 in P. guentheri) supported the separation of both species. (MAMANI et al. 2022) 
CommentSynonymy after PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970. 
EtymologyApparently named after Ernesto Guenther, the collector of the holotype, not Albert Günther. 
References
  • Barbour, Thomas & Noble, G. K. 1921. Amphibians and reptiles from southern Peru collected by the Peruvian expedition of 1914-1915 under the auspices of Yale University and the National Geographic Society. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 58 (2352): 609-620 [1920] - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boettger, Oskar 1891. Reptilien und Batrachier aus Bolivien. Zool. Anz. 14: 343-347 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1902. Descriptions of new batrachians and reptiles from the Andes of Peru and Bolivia [Elaps regularis not assigned]. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 10 (59): 394-402 - get paper here
  • Dirksen, L. & De la Riva, I. 1999. The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography. Graellsia 55: 199-215 - get paper here
  • Dirksen, L., P. L. IBISCH, J. KÖHLER & W. BÖHME 1995. Zur Herpetofauna der semihumiden Samaipata-Region, Bolivien. II Reptilien. Herpetofauna 17 (99): 15-28 - get paper here
  • Doan, T. M. & Castoe, T.A. 2003. Using morphological and molecular evidence to infer species boundaries within Proctoporus bolivianus Werner (Squamata: Gymnopthalmidae). Herpetologica 59 (3): 432–449 - get paper here
  • Doan, T.F.; Castoe, T.A. & Arizábal Arriaga, W. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Proctoporus sensu stricto (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with a new species from Puno, Southeastern Peru. Herpetologica 61 (3): 325-336 - get paper here
  • Doan, T.M. & Schargel, W.E. 2003. Bridging the gap in Proctoporus distribution: a new species (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Andes of Venezuela. Herpetologica 59 (1): 68-75 - get paper here
  • Emmons, L. H. 1991. Observations on the herpetofauna. In: Parker, T. & Bailey, B. (eds.): A biological assessment of the Alto Madidi region and adjacent areas of Bolivia. RAP Working Papers 1: 74.
  • Goicoechea, Noemí; José M. Padial, Juan C. Chaparro, Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher, Ignacio De la Riva 2012. Molecular phylogenetics, species diversity, and biogeography of the Andean lizards of the genus Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 65 (3): 953–964 [print version published in 2013], http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.08.017
  • Köhler, G. and E. Lehr 2004. Comments on Euspondylus and Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Peru, with the description of three new species and a key to the Peruvian species. Herpetologica 60 (4):501-518 - get paper here
  • Mamani, L.; Cruz, R.; Mallqui, S.; Catenazzi, A. 2022. Molecular Phylogenetics and Comparative Examination of Voucher Museums Reveal Two New Species of Gymnophthalmid Lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Peruvian Andes, with Comments on Proctoporus guentheri (Boettger, 1891). Diversity 14: 215 - get paper here
  • Uzzell, T. M. 1970. Teiid lizards of the genus Proctoporus from Bolivia and Peru. Postilla 142: 1-39. - get paper here
  • Werner,F. 1916. Bemerkungen über einige niedere Wirbeltiere der Anden von Kolumbien mit Beschreibungen neuer Arten. Zool. Anz. 47: 301-311 - get paper here
 
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