Euspondylus guentheri (O’SHAUGHNESSY, 1881)

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Higher Taxa	Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Günther's Sun Tegus
Synonym	Ecpleopus (Euspondylus) guentheri O’SHAUGHNESSY 1881: 235 Euspondylus guentheri — BOULENGER 1885: 407 Euspondylus guentheri — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 121 Euspondylus guentheri — KÖHLER 2003
Distribution	Ecuador (Amazonas), Peru ? Type locality: Sarayacú, Ecuador
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.8.99
Diagnosis
Comment	KÖHLER 2003 and LEHR 2004 report this species from Peru without specific locality or references.
Etymology	Named after Albert Günther (1830-1914), German-born zoologist at the British Museum.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here CHÁVEZ, GERMÁN; ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI, PABLO J. VENEGAS 2017. A new species of arboreal microteiid lizard of the genus Euspondylus (Gymnophtalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the Andean slopes of central Peru with comments on Peruvian Euspondylus. Zootaxa 4350 (2): 301–316 - 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 O'shaughnessy,A.W.E. 1881. An account of the collection of lizards made by Mr. Buckley in Ecuador, and now in the British Museum, with descritions of the new species. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 227-245 - get paper here Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/reptiliaweb/FichaEspecie/Euspondylus… Google images

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