Euspondylus monsfumus MIJARES-URRUTIA, SEÑARIS & ARENDS, 2001

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Higher Taxa	Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Euspondylus monsfumus MIJARES-URRUTIA, SEÑARIS & ARENDS 2001
Distribution	NE Venezuela (Sucre) Type locality: Cerro El Humo, state Sucre, northeastern Venezuela, elevation 800 m. (10° 42’ N, 62° 37’ W).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: EBRG 943
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after the Latin "mons" (=mountain) and "fumus" (=smoke). It refers to the name of the locality where the holotype comes from, Cerro El Smoke. This is an appositive noun in the genitive singular case.
References	Mijares-Urrutia, A., SEARIS, J. C. & A. ARENDS 2001. TaxonomÌa de algunos microtéidos (Squamata) de Venezuela, I: Variación y distribución geográfica de Euspondylus acutirostris con la descripción de un nuevo Euspondylus. Revista de BiologÌa Tropical, 48 (2/3): 671-680 [2000] - get paper here Myers, Charles W. Rivas Fuenmayor, Gilson; Jadin, Robert C. 2009. New species of lizards from Auyantepui and La Escalera in the Venezuelan Guayana, with notes on "microteiid" hemipenes (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). American Museum Novitates (3660): 1-32 - get paper here Rivas, G. A., Lasso-Alcalá, O. M., Rodríguez-Olarte, D., De Freitas, M., Murphy, J. C., Pizzigalli, C., ... & Jowers, M. J. 2021. Biogeographical patterns of amphibians and reptiles in the northernmost coastal montane complex of South America. Plos one, 16(3): e0246829 - get paper here RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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