Selvasaura almendarizae
Selvasaura almendarizae · described by TORRES-CARVAJAL, PARRA, SALES NUNES & KOCH 2021
Pictured: Selvasaura brava, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.
Fossil specimen.
Photo: (Photographs by E. Lehr) Moravec J, Šmíd J, Štundl J, Lehr E (2018) Systematics of Neotropical microteiid lizards (Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae), with the description of a new genus and species from the Andean montane forests. ZooKeys 774: 105-139. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.774.25332, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The facts
- Scientific name
- Selvasaura almendarizae
- First described
- TORRES-CARVAJAL, PARRA, SALES NUNES & KOCH 2021
- Class
- Reptiles (Reptilia)
- Order
- Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
- Group
- Lizards (Sauria)
- Family
- Gymnophthalmidae
- Genus
- Selvasaura
Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.