Neusticurus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Neusticurus
Species (7): N. arekuna – N. bicarinatus – N. medemi – N. racenisi – N. rudis – N. surinamensis – N. tatei
Name

Neusticurus Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 61

Type species: Lacerta bicarinata Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
References
Primary references

Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. VIII + 854 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Doan, T.M. & Castoe, T.A. 2005. Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cercosaurini (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with new genera for species of Neusticurus and Proctoporus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143(3): 405–416. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00145.x Reference page.
Kok, P.J.R., Bittenbinder, M.A., van den Berg, J.K., Marques-Souza, S., Nunes, P.M.S., Laking, A.E., Teixeira Jr., M., Fouquet, A., Means, D.B., MacCulloch, R.D. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2018. Integrative taxonomy of the gymnophthalmid lizard Neusticurus rudis Boulenger, 1900 identifies a new species in the eastern Pantepui region, north-eastern South America. Journal of Natural History 52(13–16): 1029–1066. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1439541 Reference page.
Marques-Souza, S., Prates, I., Fouquet, A., Camacho, A., Kok, P.J.R., Nunes, P.M.S., Dal Vechio, F., Recoder, R.S., Mejia, N., Teixeira Jr., M., Barrio-Amorós, C., Cassimiro, J., Lima, J.D., Sena, M.A. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2018. Reconquering the water: Evolution and systematics of South and Central American aquatic lizards (Gymnophthalmidae). Zoologica Scripta 47(3): 255–265. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12273 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Neusticurus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 March 2018.

Neusticurus is a genus of gymnophthalmid lizards endemic to northern South America.[2] They are often found near streams and are semi-aquatic.[3] Some species formerly included in this genus are now placed in Potamites, which also are semi-aquatic inhabitants of South America.[4]
Species

Seven species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Neusticurus arekuna Kok, Bittenbinder, van den Berg, Marques-Souza, Sales Nunes, Laking, Teixeira, Fouquet, Means, MacCulloch & Rodrigues, 2018
Neusticurus bicarinatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - two-faced neusticurus
Neusticurus medemi Dixon & Lamar, 1981 - Medem's neusticurus
Neusticurus racenisi Roze, 1958 - Roze's neusticurus, common Venezuelan water teiid
Neusticurus rudis Boulenger, 1900 - red neusticurus
Neusticurus surinamensis L. Müller, 1923 - red neusticurus
Neusticurus tatei (C.E. Burt & M.D. Burt, 1931) - Tate's neusticurus

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Neusticurus.
References

"Neusticurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
Genus Neusticurus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Bauer, Aaron M.; Jackman, Todd R. (2008). "Global diversity of lizards in freshwater (Reptilia: Lacertilia)". Hydrobiologia. 595 (1): 581–586. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9115-0. S2CID 46493725.

Doan, Tiffany M.; Castoe, Todd (2005). "Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cercosaurini (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with new genera for species of Neusticurus and Proctoporus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (3): 405–416. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00145.x.