Proctoporus

{{Short description|Genus of lizards}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Proctoporus'' | taxon = Proctoporus | authority = Tschudi, 1845 | synonyms = ''Opipeuter'' {{small|Uzzell, 1969, ''non'' Fortey, 1974 (a trilobite)}}  }}

'''''Proctoporus''''' is a genus of medium-sized lizards (snout-vent length between {{convert|2.7|cm|in|disp=or}} and {{convert|7.8|cm|in|disp=or}}) assigned to the family Gymnophthalmidae. Species in the genus ''Proctoporus'' occur in Yungas forests and wet montane grasslands on the upper edge of the Amazonian forest, between {{convert|1000|and|4000|m|ft}} elevation, from Central Peru in the north to Central Bolivia in the south.<ref name='Goicoechea'>{{cite journal|vauthors=Goicoechea N, Padial JM, Chaparro JC, Castroviejo-Fisher S, De la Riva I|year=2012|title=Molecular phylogenetics, species diversity, and biogeography of the Andean lizards of the genus ''Proctoporus'' (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=65|issue=3|pages=953–964|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2012.08.017|pmid=22982151}}</ref>

==Taxonomy== thumb|right|360px|Relationships between the species assigned to ''Proctoporus''. Note several new species that were previously assigned to ''P. bolivianus'', but need to be split off based on genetic analysis

===Species === The following 21 species are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Proctoporus}}. www.reptile-database.org.</ref> *''Proctoporus bolivianus'' {{small|F. Werner, 1910}} – Bolivian lightbulb lizard *''Proctoporus carabaya'' {{small|Goicoechea, Padial, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher & De la Riva, 2013}} *''Proctoporus cephalolineatus'' {{small|García-Pérz & Yustiz, 1995}} *''Proctoporus chasqui'' {{small|(Chávez, Siu-Ting, Duran & Venegas, 2011)}} *''Proctoporus guentheri'' {{small|(Boettger, 1891)}} – Günther's lightbulb lizard *''Proctoporus iridescens'' {{small|Goicoechea, Padial, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher & De la Riva, 2013}} *''Proctoporus katerynae'' {{small|Mamani, Cruz, Mallqui & Catenazzi, 2022}} *''Proctoporus kiziriani'' {{small|Goicoechea, Padial, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher & De la Riva, 2013}} *''Proctoporus lacertus'' {{small|(Stejneger, 1913)}} *''Proctoporus laudahnae'' {{small|(G. Köhler & Lehr, 2004)}} *''Proctoporus machupicchu'' {{small|Mamani, Goicoechea & Chaparro, 2015}} – Machu Picchu Andean lizard *''Proctoporus oreades'' {{small|Chávez, Siu-Ting, Duran & Venegas, 2011}} *''Proctoporus optimus'' {{small|Mamani, Cruz, Mallqui & Catenazzi, 2022}} *''Proctoporus otishi'' {{small|Mamani & Rodríguez, 2022}} *''Proctoporus pachyurus'' {{small|Tschudi, 1845}} – Tschudi's lightbulb lizard *''Proctoporus rahmi'' {{small|(De Grijs, 1936)}} – Rahm's sun tegu *''Proctoporus spinalis'' {{small|(Boulenger, 1911)}} – Boulenger's sun tegu *''Proctoporus sucullucu'' {{small|Doan & Castoe, 2003}} *''Proctoporus titans'' {{small|Lehr, Cusi, Fernandez, Vera & Catenazzi, 2022}} *''Proctoporus unsaacae'' {{small|Doan & Castoe, 2003}} *''Proctoporus xestus'' {{small|(Uzzell, 1969)}} – river teiid

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

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *Tschudi JJ de (1845). "''Reptilium conspectus quae in Republica Peruana reperiuntur et pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itinere'' ". ''Archiv für Naturgeschichte'' '''11''' (1): 150–170. (''Proctoporus'', new genus, p. 161; ''P. pachyurus'', new species, p. 161). (in Latin).

Category:Proctoporus Category:Reptiles of Peru Category:Reptiles of Bolivia Category:Lizard genera Category:Taxa named by Johann Jakob von Tschudi