Neusticurus racenisi

Neusticurus racenisi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Neusticurus
Species:	N. racenisi
Binomial name
	Neusticurus racenisi; Roze, 1958

Last updated October 03, 2025

Neusticurus racenisi, known commonly as Roze's neusticurus or the common Venezuelan water teiid, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, racenisi, is in honor of Latvian-born Venezuelan entomologist Janis Racenis (1915–1980).^[2]

Geographic range

N. racenisi is found in northern Brazil and adjacent Venezuela.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of N. racenisi are forest and wetlands at altitudes of 100–1,215 m (328–3,986 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

N. racenisi is oviparous.^[3]

References

1 2 Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2019). "Neusticurus racenisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T44578658A44578664. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44578658A44578664.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
↑ 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. (Neusticurus racenisi, p. 215).
1 2 Neusticurus racenisi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 30 July 2019.

Ribeiro-Júnior MA, Amaral S (2017). "Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae". Zootaxa4269 (2): 151–196.
Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa3211: 1-64.
Roze J (1958). Resultados zoologicos de la expedicion de la Universidad Central de Venezuela a la region del Auyantepui en la Guayana Venezolana, Abril de 1956. 5. Los reptiles de Auyantepui, Venezuela, basendose en las colecciones de las expediciones de Phelps-Tate ". Acta Biologica Venezuelica2: 243–270. (Neusticurus racenisi, new species, p. 2520. (in Spanish).

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 1 2 Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2019). "Neusticurus racenisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T44578658A44578664. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44578658A44578664.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[2] 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. (Neusticurus racenisi, p. 215).

[RDB-3] 1 2 Neusticurus racenisi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 30 July 2019.

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