Selvasaura

Selvasaura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Selvasaura ; Moravec, Šmid, Štundl, & Lehr, 2018

Last updated October 02, 2025

Selvasaura is a genus of the lizard family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus contains three species.^[1]

Species

Selvasaura almendarizae Torres-Carvajal, Parra, Sales-Nunes, & Koch, 2021.^[2] - Almendáriz's microtegu
Selvasaura brava Moravec, Šmíd, Štundl, & Lehr, 2018.^[3] - Brave forest microtegu
Selvasaura candesi Chávez, García-Ayachi & Catenazzi, 2023.^[4] - CANDES microtegu.
Selvasaura evasa Echevarría, Venegas, García-Ayachi, & Sales-Nunes, 2021.^[5] - Elusive microtegu.
Selvasaura mamaduluae Brito-Zapata, Guayasamin, Parra, Torres-Carvajal & Reyes-Puig, 2023.^[6] - Cordillera del Cóndor's microtegu.

References

↑ Genus Selvasaura at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
↑ O. Torres-Carvajal, Parra V., Sales-Nunes P.M., Koch C., 2021. A New Species of Microtegu Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from Amazonian Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 55 (4): 385–395. DOI: 10.1670/20-142
↑ Moravec J, Šmíd J, Štundl J, Lehr E 2018. Systematics of Neotropical microteiid lizards (Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae), with the description of a new genus and species from the Andean montane forests. ZooKeys 774: 105-139. DOI:10.3897/zookeys.774.25332
↑ G. Chávez, L. A. García-Ayachi and A. Catenazzi. 2023. A New Species of Microteiid Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurini, Selvasaura) from A Remote Area in the Peruvian Andes. Evolutionary Systematics. 7(1): 123-132. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118
↑ L. Y. Echevarría, Venegas P. J., García-Ayachi L. A., Nunes P.M.S, 2021. An elusive new species of gymnophthalmid lizard (Cercosaurinae, Selvasaura) from the Andes of northern Peru. Evolutionary Systematics 5(2): 177-187. DOI:10.3897/evolsyst.5.68520
↑ David Brito-Zapata, Juan M. Guayasamin, Vanessa Parra, Omar Torres-Carvajal and Carolina Reyes-Puig. 2023. A New Species of Microtegu (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) of the Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador. Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología 6(2): 17–37. DOI: 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.2.575

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[1] Genus Selvasaura at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[2] O. Torres-Carvajal, Parra V., Sales-Nunes P.M., Koch C., 2021. A New Species of Microtegu Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from Amazonian Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 55 (4): 385–395. DOI: 10.1670/20-142

[3] Moravec J, Šmíd J, Štundl J, Lehr E 2018. Systematics of Neotropical microteiid lizards (Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae), with the description of a new genus and species from the Andean montane forests. ZooKeys 774: 105-139. DOI:10.3897/zookeys.774.25332

[4] G. Chávez, L. A. García-Ayachi and A. Catenazzi. 2023. A New Species of Microteiid Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurini, Selvasaura) from A Remote Area in the Peruvian Andes. Evolutionary Systematics. 7(1): 123-132. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118

[5] L. Y. Echevarría, Venegas P. J., García-Ayachi L. A., Nunes P.M.S, 2021. An elusive new species of gymnophthalmid lizard (Cercosaurinae, Selvasaura) from the Andes of northern Peru. Evolutionary Systematics 5(2): 177-187. DOI:10.3897/evolsyst.5.68520

[6] David Brito-Zapata, Juan M. Guayasamin, Vanessa Parra, Omar Torres-Carvajal and Carolina Reyes-Puig. 2023. A New Species of Microtegu (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) of the Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador. Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología 6(2): 17–37. DOI: 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.2.575

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