Potamites erythrocularis
Potamites erythrocularis · described by CHÁVEZ & CATENAZZI 2014

Fossil specimen.
Photo: Chávez, G., Malqui, J., & Catenazzi, A. (2021). A new riparian Andean Potamites (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophtalmidae) from El Sira Mountains, central Peru, with comments on P. ecpleopus Cope 1875, and on the taxonomy and biogeography of Potamites. European Journal of Taxonomy, 760(1), 136-159., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The facts
- Scientific name
- Potamites erythrocularis
- First described
- CHÁVEZ & CATENAZZI 2014
- Class
- Reptiles (Reptilia)
- Order
- Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
- Group
- Lizards (Sauria)
- Family
- Gymnophthalmidae
- Genus
- Potamites
Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.
