Neusticurus arekuna

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: Neusticurus arekuna
Name

Neusticurus arekuna Kok, Bittenbinder, van den Berg, Marques-Souza, Nunes, Laking, Teixeira Jr., Fouquet, Means, MacCulloch & Rodrigues, 2018: 1051

Holotype: IRSNB 2687, adult ♀, collected by P.J.R. Kok on 11 May 2011.

Type locality: “on the summit of Angasima-tepui (Bolívar state, Venezuela, 5°02.5833N, 62°04.8667W, ca. 2200 m elevation”.
References
Primary references

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.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Neusticurus arekuna. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 Juy 2019.

Neusticurus arekuna is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[1] It is found in Venezuela and Brazil.
References

Neusticurus arekuna at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 July 2019.