Andinosaura petrorum

Andinosaura petrorum
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Andinosaura
Species:	A. petrorum
Binomial name
	Andinosaura petrorum; (Kizirian, 1996)
Synonyms
	Proctoporus petrorum; Kizirian, 1996; Riama petrorum; — Doan & Castoe, 2005; Andinosaura petrorum; — Sánchez-Pacheco et al., 2017;

Last updated January 07, 2022

Andinosaura petrorum is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.^[2] The species is endemic to Ecuador.

Etymology

The specific name, petrorum (masculine genitive plural), is in honor of three men named Peters or Peter: German zoologist Wilhelm Peters, American herpetologist James A. Peters, and American herpetologist Peter D. Spoecker.^[2]^[3]

Habitat

The natural habitat of A. petrorum is forest.^[1]

Reproduction

A. petrorum is oviparous.^[2]

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References

1 2 Cisneros-Heredia DF (2011). "Riama petrorum ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T178746A7607726. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T178746A7607726.en. Downloaded on 10 July 2019.
1 2 3 4 Andinosaura petrorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 July 2019.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Riama petrorum, p. 204).

Doan TM, Castoe TA (2005). "Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cercosaurini (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with new genera for species of Neusticurus and Proctoporus ". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society143: 405–416. (Riama petrorum, new combination).
Kizirian, David A. (1996). "A Review of Ecuadorian Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with Descriptions of Nine New Species". Herpetological Monographs10: 85–155. (Proctoporus petrorum, new species).
Sánchez-Pacheco SJ, Torres-Carvajal O, Aguirre-Peñafiel V, Sales Nunes PM, Verrastro L, Rivas GA, Rodrigues MT, Grant T, Murphy RW (2017). "Phylogeny of Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), impact of phenotypic evidence on molecular datasets, and the origin of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta endemic fauna". Cladistics34 (3): 260–291. (Andinosaura petrorum, new combination).

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[IUCN-1] 1 2 Cisneros-Heredia DF (2011). "Riama petrorum ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T178746A7607726. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T178746A7607726.en. Downloaded on 10 July 2019.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Andinosaura petrorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 July 2019.

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Riama petrorum, p. 204).

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