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: Riolaminae
Genus: Riolama
Species: R. inopinata – R. leucosticta – R. luridiventris – R. uzzelli
Name
Riolama
References
Kok, P.J.R. 2015. A new species of the Pantepui endemic genus Riolama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the summit of Murisipán-tepui, with the erection of a new gymnophthalmid subfamily. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174(3): 500–518. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12241 Reference page.
Riolama is a small genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.
Geographic range
The genus Riolama found in Venezuela and Brazil.[1]
Species
The genus Riolama contains 6 species:[1]
Riolama grandis Recoder, Prates, Marques-Souza, Camacho, Sales-Nunes, Vechio, Ghellere, McDiarmid, & Rodrigues, 2020
Riolama inopinata Kok, 2015
Riolama leucosticta (Boulenger, 1900) - white-spotted riolama
Riolama luridiventris Esqueda, La Marca & Praderio, 2004
Riolama stellata Recoder, Prates, Marques-Souza, Camacho, Sales-Nunes, Vechio, Ghellere, McDiarmid, & Rodrigues, 2020
Riolama uzzelli Molina & Señaris, 2003
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Riolama.
Relatives of the Riolama, nicknamed "The Night Sky" and "The Brown Giant" were discovered by scientists in the Pico da Neblina National Park, Brazil in 2018.[2]
References
Riolama at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 January 2015.
Jung, Elaine (2018-04-06). "Amazon Discoveries - The new species found where few scientists have gone before". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
Further reading
Uzzell T (1973). "A Revision of Lizards of the Genus Prionodactylus, with a New Genus for P. leucostictus and Notes on the Genus Euspondylus (Sauria, Teiidae)". Postilla, Peabody Mus., Yale Univ. (159): 1-67. (Riolama, new genus, pp. 52–55).
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