Euspondylus simonsii BOULENGER, 1901

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Higher Taxa	Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Simons'Sun Tegus
Synonym	Euspondylus Simonsii BOULENGER 1901: 549 Euspondylus simonsii — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 121 Euspondylus simonsii — UZZELL 1973: 58 Euspondylus simonsii — KÖHLER 2003
Distribution	Peru (Huánuco) Type locality: Puntoyacu, Río Perené, Peru, 5000 ft.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.2.3, female
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Comment
Etymology	Named after Perry O. Simons (1869-1901), an American who collected in the Neotropics.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Boulenger, George A. 1901. Further descriptions of new reptiles collected by Mr. P. O. Simons in Peru and Bolivia. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 7 (42): 546-549 - get paper here Köhler, G. 2003. Two new species of Euspondylus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Peru. Salamandra 39 (1): 5-20 - get paper here 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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