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

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 and 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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