Proctoporus

Proctoporus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Proctoporus Tschudi, 1845
Species
P. pachyurus Tschudi, 1845 (type) P. bolivianus (F. Werner, 1910) synonym P. subsolanus P. chasqui (Chávez, Siu-Tinf, Dúran & Venegas, 2011) synonym Euspondylus chasqui P. guentheri Boettger, 1891 synonyms Oreosaurus guentheri, O. ocellifer, O. anomalus P. sucullucu Doan & Castoe, 2003 P. unsaacae Doan & Castoe, 2003 P. xestus (Uzzell, 1969) synonym Opipeuter xestus
Synonyms
Opipeuter Uzzell, 1969, non Fortey, 1974 (a trilobite)

Proctoporus is a genus of medium-sized lizards (between 2.7 centimetres or 1.1 inches and 7.8 centimetres or 3.1 inches) assigned to the family Gymnophthalmidae. Species in the genus Proctoporus occur in yungas forests and wet montane grasslands on the upper edge of the Amazonian forest, between 1,000 and 4,000 metres (3,300 and 13,100 ft) elevation, from Central Peru in the north to Central Bolivia in the south.

Taxonomy

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Relationships between the species assigned to Proctoporus. Note several new species that were previously assigned to P. bolivianus, but need to be split-off based on genetic analysis

Species previously assigned to Proctoporus

• Proctoporus achlyens
• Proctoporus anatoloros
• Proctoporus balneator
• Proctoporus cashcaensis
• Proctoporus cephalolineatus
• Proctoporus colomaromani
• Proctoporus columbianus
• Proctoporus hypostictus
• Proctoporus inanis
• Proctoporus labionis
• Proctoporus laevis
• Proctoporus luctuosus
• Proctoporus machupicchu
• Proctoporus meleagris
• Proctoporus oculatus
• Proctoporus orcesi
• Proctoporus pachyurus
• Proctoporus petrorum
• Proctoporus raneyi
• Proctoporus shrevei
• Proctoporus simoterus
• Proctoporus stigmatoral
• Proctoporus striatus
• Proctoporus unicolor
• P. ventrimaculatus = Petracola ventrimaculatus (dwarf plated tegu)
• Proctoporus vespertinus
• Proctoporus vietus