Proctoporus xestus (UZZELL, 1969)

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Higher Taxa	Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: River Teiid
Synonym	Opipeuter xestus UZZELL 1969 Opipeuter xestus — CEI 1993 Opipeuter xestus — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999 Proctoporus xestus — GOICOECHEA et al. 2012
Distribution	Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz), Argentina (Jujuy, Salta), Peru Type locality: Incachaca, Cochabamba, Bolivia, 2200 m elevation
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: UMMZ 128835
Diagnosis
Comment	Type species: Opipeuter xestus UZZELL 1969 is the type species of the genus Opipeuter UZZELL 1969. Opipeuter has been synonymized with Proctoporus by Goicoechea et al. 2013. Proctoporus and Opipeuter have been distinguished by the presence of prefrontal scales in Opipeuter and absence in Proctoporus, but this character has been demon- strated to be highly variable within members of the family Gymno- phthalmidae (Köhler and Lehr, 2004). Indeed, prefrontal scales are present in both O. xestus and the two species of Euspondylus that are nested within Proctoporus in our analyses, proving the highly homoplastic condition of this character state. Proctoporus species and O. xestus also share the condition of a transparent disc in the lower eyelid, a character that nonetheless appears in Potamites and other Gymnophtalmids (Doan and Castoe, 2005), being thus either homoplastic or symplesiomorphic.
Etymology	Named after Greek xestos (ξεστός), smoothed, polished, wrought. [“...The name xestus is derived from the Greek word for smooth, ξεστός...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024)
References	AVILA, LUCIANO JAVIER; LORENA ELIZABETH MARTINEZ & MARIANA MORANDO 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238 - 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 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 Harvey, M. B. 1997. Reptiles and amphibians from the vicinity of El Palmar in the Andes of Chuquisaca. In: Schulenberg, T. & Awbrey, K. (eds.), A rapid assessment of the humid forests of south centra Chuquisaca, Bolivia. Conservation International, Washington , RAP Working Papers 8: 33-36, 83-84. Köhler, G. & Vesely, M. 2007. The hemipenis of Opipeuter xestus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Salamandra 43 (1): 49-51 - get paper here Köhler, J., L. DIRKSEN, P. L. IBISCH, G. RAUER, D. RUDOLPH & W. BÖHME 1995. Zur Herpetofauna des Sehuencas-Bergregenwaldes im Carrasco-Nationalpark, Bolivien. Herpetofauna 17 (96): 12-25 - get paper here Lehr, E. 2002. Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Natur und Tier-Verlag (Münster), 208 pp. - get paper here Uzzell, Thomas 1969. A new genus and species of Teiid lizard from Bolivia. Postilla (129): 1-15 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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