| Neusticurus surinamensis | |
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| In French Guiana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Neusticurus |
| Species: | N. surinamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Neusticurus surinamensis Müller, 1923 | |
Neusticurus surinamensis, the red neusticurus, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. [1] It is native to northern South America.
Neusticurus surinamensis is a species from the genus Neusticurus and was first described by this scientific name by Lorenz Müller, who described a specimen found near Albina, a border town in Suriname. [2] The species is also known by its synonym Neusticurus rudis [2] [3]
Neusticurus surinamensis has been observed in Suriname, Brazil, and French Guiana. [3] Others generalize the range to all of northern South America [4]
Neusticurus is a genus of gymnophthalmid lizards endemic to northern South America. They are often found near streams and are semi-aquatic. Some species formerly included in this genus are now placed in Potamites, which also are semi-aquatic inhabitants of South America.
Lobotes is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Lobotidae known as the tripletails. These fishes are found in subtropical and tropical waters in all oceans.
Alexa is a genus of flowering plants. It includes ten species which are native to Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil in northern South America. Members of this genus accumulate iminosugars in their leaves.
The Guianan streaked antwren is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
The fulvous-crested tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers.
Pradosia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1872.
Virola surinamensis, known commonly as baboonwood, ucuuba, ucuhuba and chalviande, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is found in Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. It has also been naturalized in the Caribbean. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest. Although the species is listed as threatened due to habitat loss by the IUCN, it is a common tree species found throughout Central and South America.
Plagioscion is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. They are found in tropical and subtropical South America where they inhabit fresh and brackish waters. Some species are important food fish and support major fisheries.
Aphyarctia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its single species, Aphyarctia surinamensis, described by Walter Rothschild in 1911, is found in French Guiana, Suriname, Ecuador, and Bolivia.
Propustularia surinamensis, common name the Surinam cowry or Suriname cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. The common name and specific epithet refer to the northern South American country of Suriname.
The black margate, also known as black bream, black thicklip, dogfish, lippe, Mexican bull, pompon, Spanish grunt, surf bream, sweetlips or thicklip grunt, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunt belonging to the family Haemulidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean.
Stelestylis is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1881. All the known species are native to northern South America.
The Suriname tapeti or Suriname lowland forest cottontail is a South American species of cottontail rabbit described in 2017. It is known from the lowlands of western Suriname, and was described from specimens collected by Dutch scientists in the 1980s. Its size is relatively large for a South American cottontail rabbit. The rabbit is likely already threatened due to environmental degradation in the region, and its discovery could boost conservation efforts in the area. It was discovered by Portland State University Professor Luis Ruedas.
Potamites is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is restricted to northern South America and southern Central America. They are semiaquatic and found near streams.
Agorophius is an extinct genus of toothed whale that lived during the Oligocene period, approximately 32 million years ago, in the waters off what is now South Carolina.
Gelanesaurus cochranae, also known commonly as Cochran's neusticurus, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.
Neusticurus medemi, also known commonly as Medem's neusticurus, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to northern South America.
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.
'Pseudancistrus' megacephalus is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is of uncertain and disputed classification.
Hypostomus surinamensis is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Suriname River basin in Suriname, with its specific epithet indicating both the country and river system it can be found in. The species reaches 16.5 cm in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.
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