Euspondylus

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Kingdom Animalia Suborder Sauria orLacertilia Superfamily Lacertoidea Scientific name Euspondylus Higher classification Gymnophthalmidae Order Scaled reptiles		Subphylum Vertebrata Infraorder Scincomorpha Family Gymnophthalmidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus

Similar Gymnophthalmidae, Proctoporus, Scaled reptiles, Reptile, Anadia

Euspondylus is a genus of gymnophthalmid lizards endemic to northern South America.

Species

The following 13 species are recognized as being valid.

Euspondylus acutirostris (W. Peters, 1863)

Euspondylus auyanensis Myers, G. Rivas & Jadin, 2009

Euspondylus caideni G. Köhler, 2003

Euspondylus guentheri (O'Shaughnessy, 1881)

Euspondylus josyi G. Köhler, 2003

Euspondylus maculatus Tschudi, 1845

Euspondylus monsfumus Mijares-Urrutia, Señaris & Arends, 2001

Euspondylus nellycarillae G. Köhler & Lehr, 2004

Euspondylus oreades Chávez, Siu-Ting, Duran & Venegas, 2011

Euspondylus paxcorpus Doan & Adams, 2015

Euspondylus rahmi (de Grijs, 1936) (= Proctoporus rahmi )

Euspondylus simonsii Boulenger, 1901

Euspondylus spinalis (Boulenger, 1911) (= Proctoporus spinalis)

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

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