Proctoporus laudahnae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Proctoporus |
| Species: | P. laudahnae
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Proctoporus laudahnae is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Peru.
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]P. laudahnae is found in central Peru, in the Department of Huánuco.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of P. laudahnae is forest, at altitudes around 3,000 m (9,800 ft).[1]
Behavior
[edit]P. laudahnae is terrestrial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b c d 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).
Further reading
[edit]- Chávez G, Chávez-Arribasplata JC (2016). "Distribution and natural history notes on the Peruvian lizard Proctoporus laudahnae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)". Phyllomedusa 15 (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 Society 143: 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". Herpetologica 60 (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 Evolution 99: 63–75.
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