Euspondylus is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.
Geographic range
The genus Euspondylus is endemic to northern South America.
Species
The following 10 species are recognized as being valid.
- Euspondylus acutirostris <small>(W. Peters, 1863)</small> â sharp-snouted sun tegu
- Euspondylus auyanensis <small>, & , 2009</small>
- Euspondylus caideni <small>G. Köhler, 2003</small>
- Euspondylus excelsum <small>, & , 2017</small>
- Euspondylus guentheri <small>(O'Shaughnessy, 1881)</small> â Günther's sun tegu
- Euspondylus maculatus <small>Tschudi, 1845</small> â spotted sun tegu
- Euspondylus monsfumus <small>, & , 2001</small>
- Euspondylus nellycarrillae <small>G. Köhler & , 2004</small>
- Euspondylus paxcorpus <small> & , 2015</small>
- Euspondylus simonsii <small>Boulenger, 1901</small> â Simons' sun tegu
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Euspondylus.
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Euspondylus, p. 404).
- Tschudi JJ (1845). "Reptilium conspectus quae in Republica Peruana reperiuntur et pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itenere ". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 (1): 150âÂÂ170. (Euspondylus, new genus, pp. 160âÂÂ161). (in Latin).