Wilsonosaura

Wilsonosaura
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Wilsonosaura ; Lehr, Moravec & von May, 2019
Species:	W. josyi
Binomial name
	Wilsonosaura josyi; (G. Köhler, 2003)
Synonyms
	Euspondylus josyi; G. Köhler, 2003; Wisonosaura josyi; — Lehr, Moravec & von May, 2019;

Last updated July 30, 2025

Wilsonosaura josyi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.^[2] The species, which is endemic to Peru, is monotypic in the genus Wilsonosaura.

Etymology

The specific name, josyi, is in honor of Franz-Josef "Josy" Hans.^[3]

Geographic range

W. josyi is found in central Peru, in Department of Junín.^[1]^[2]

Habitat

The holotype of W. josyi was collected at an altitude of 2,880 m (9,450 ft), but its preferred natural habitat was not recorded.^[1]

Reproduction

W. josyi is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Quiroz Rodriguez, A. (2017). "Wilsonosaura josyi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48280225A48280228. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48280225A48280228.en. Downloaded on 25 July 2019.
1 2 3 4 Wilsonosaura josyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 25 July 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. (Euspondylus josei, p. 136).

Köhler G (2003). "Two new species of Euspondylus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Peru". Salamandra39 (1): 5–20. (Euspondylus josyi, new species).
Köhler 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.
Lehr E, Moravec J, von May R (2019). "A new cryptic genus of terrestrial lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the eastern Andes of central Peru". Salamandra56: 1–15. (Wilsonosaura, new genus; W. josyi, new combination).

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[IUCN-1] 1 2 3 Quiroz Rodriguez, A. (2017). "Wilsonosaura josyi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48280225A48280228. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48280225A48280228.en. Downloaded on 25 July 2019.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Wilsonosaura josyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 25 July 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. (Euspondylus josei, p. 136).

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