Neusticurus

Neusticurus
Neusticurus bicarinatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe:	Cercosaurini
Genus:	Neusticurus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839

Neusticurus is a genus of gymnophthalmid lizards endemic to northern South America. They are often found near streams and are semi-aquatic. Some species formerly included in this genus are now placed in Potamites, which also are semi-aquatic inhabitants of South America.

Species

Seven species are recognized as being valid.

• Neusticurus arekuna Kok, Bittenbinder, van den Berg, Marques-Souza, Sales Nunes, Laking, Teixeira, Fouquet, Means, MacCulloch & Rodrigues, 2018
• Neusticurus bicarinatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - two-faced neusticurus
• Neusticurus medemi Dixon & Lamar, 1981 - Medem's neusticurus
• Neusticurus racenisi Roze, 1958 - Roze's neusticurus, common Venezuelan water teiid
• Neusticurus rudis Boulenger, 1900 - red neusticurus
• Neusticurus surinamensis L. Müller, 1923 - red neusticurus
• Neusticurus tatei (C.E. Burt & M.D. Burt, 1931) - Tate's neusticurus

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

References

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Neusticurus, p. 381).
• Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [=General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles. Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Neusticurus, new genus, pp. 61–64). (in French).

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