Proctoporus laudahnae

Proctoporus laudahnae
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Proctoporus
Species:	P. laudahnae
Binomial name
	Proctoporus laudahnae; G. Köhler & Lehr, 2004
Synonyms
	Riama laudahnae; (G. Köhler & Lehr, 2004);

Last updated December 09, 2024

Proctoporus laudahnae is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.^[2] The species is endemic to Peru.

Etymology

The specific name, laudahnae, is in honor of Monika Laudahn, who is a technician in the Herpetology Department at the Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.^[3]

Geographic range

P. laudahnae is found in central Peru, in the Department of Huánuco.^[1]^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. laudahnae is forest, at altitudes around 3,000 m (9,800 ft).^[1]

Behavior

P. laudahnae is terrestrial.^[1]

Reproduction

P. laudahnae is oviparous.^[2]

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References

1 2 3 4 Lehr, E. (2017). "Proctoporus laudahnae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48283868A48283895. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48283868A48283895.en. Downloaded on 04 August 2019.
1 2 3 4 Proctoporus laudahnae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 3 August 2019.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Riama laudahnae, p. 152).

Chávez G, Chávez-Arribasplata JC (2016). "Distribution and natural history notes on the Peruvian lizard Proctoporus laudahnae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)". Phyllomedusa15 (2): 147–154.
Doan TM, Castoe TA (2005). "Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cercosaurinae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with new genera for species of Neusticurus and Proctoporus ". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society143: 405–416. (Riama laudahnae, new combination).
Kŏhler G, Lehr E (2004). "Comments on Euspondylus and Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Peru, with the Description of Three New Species and a Key to the Peruvian Species". Herpetologica60 (4): 501–518. (Proctoporus laudahnae, new species).
Torres-Carvajal O, Lobos SE, Venegas PJ, Chávez G, Aguirre-Peñafiel V, Zurita D, Echevarría LY (2016). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the most diverse clade of South American gymnophthalmid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution99: 63–75.

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 4 Lehr, E. (2017). "Proctoporus laudahnae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48283868A48283895. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48283868A48283895.en. Downloaded on 04 August 2019.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Proctoporus laudahnae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 3 August 2019.

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Riama laudahnae, p. 152).

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