Echinosaura sulcarostrum

Echinosaura sulcarostrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Scincomorpha
Infraorder: Teiioidea
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Echinosaura
Species: E. sulcarostrum
Binomial name
Echinosaura sulcarostrum
Donnelly, MacCulloch, Ugarte, and Kizirian, 2006

Echinosaura sulcarostrum is a lizard of the family Gymnophthalmidae.[1] It is endemic to Guyana.[2] It is found in leaf litter on the floor of high-canopy rainforest.

Echinosaura sulcarostrum has been found in northwestern Guyana at low elevation. Because of its secretive habitat, it is likely to be found elsewhere.

References

  1. Donnelly, M.A.; R.D. MacCulloch; C.A. Ugarte; D.A. Kizirian (2006). "A new riparian gymnophthalmid (Squamata) from Guyana". Copeia. 2006: 396–403. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2006)2006[396:anrgsf]2.0.co;2.
  2. Cole, Charles J.; Townsend, Carol R.; Reynolds, Robert P.; MacCulloch, Ross D.; Lathrop, Amy (January 2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 125 (4): 317–578. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-125.4.317.
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