Biology:Potamites
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| Several Potamites species in Peru | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Potamites Doan & Castoe, 2005 |
Potamites is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is restricted to northern South America (Bolivia, Brazil , Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) and southern Central America (Costa Rica and Panama). They are semiaquatic and found near streams.[1]
Taxonomy and species
Until 2005, species now placed in Potamites were included in Neusticurus, another genus containing semi-aquatic lizards of South America.[2] Despite the move, some still have an English name that refers to their former genus, including P. strangulatus, the big-scaled neusticurus.[3] Even after this split, genetic studies revealed that Potamites was paraphyletic and to resolve this two species were moved to Gelanesaurus in 2016.[4]
The genus Potamites currently contains 8 valid species.[3] Further changes are likely, as P. ecpleopus as currently defined is paraphyletic, and it has been suggested that trachodus, usually considered a subspecies of P. strangulatus, should be recognized as a separate species.[4]
- Potamites ecpleopus (Cope, 1875) – common stream lizard
- Potamites erythrocularis (Chávez & Catenazzi, 2014)
- Potamites hydroimperator (Chávez & Malqui & Catenazzi, 2021)
- Potamites juruazensis (Ávila-Pires & Vitt, 1998)
- Potamites montanicola (Chávez & Vásquez, 2012)
- Potamites ocellatus (Sinitsin, 1930)
- Potamites strangulatus (Cope, 1868) – big-scaled neusticurus
- Potamites trachodus (Uzzell, 1966)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Potamites.
References
- ↑ Bauer; Jackman (2008). "Global diversity of lizards in freshwater (Reptilia: Lacertilia)". Hydrobiologia 595 (1): 581–586. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9115-0.
- ↑ Doan; Castoe (2005). "Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cercosaurini (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with new genera for species of Neusticurus and Proctoporus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143 (3): 405–416. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00145.x.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Potamites ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Potamites&submit=Search. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Torres-Carvajal; Lobos; Venegas; Chávez; Aguirre-Peñafiel; Zurita; Echevarría (2016). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the most diverse clade of South American gymnophthalmid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 63–75. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.006. PMID 26975692.
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