Neusticurus rudis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
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 rudis
Name

Neusticurus rudis Boulenger, 1900: 53

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.31.64, ♂, collected by F.V. McConnell and J.J. Quelch between August-October 1898.

Type locality: “foot of Mt. Roraima, 3500 feet”.
References
Primary references

Boulenger, G.A. 1900. Reptiles and Batrachians. In Lankester, E.R.. Report on a collection made by Messrs. F.V. McConnell and J.J. Quelch at Mount Roraima in British Guiana. Reptiles. Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London (2)8: 53–56. BHL

Additional 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 rudis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 July 2019.

Vernacular names
English: Red Neusticurus