Neusticurus medemi, also known commonly as Medem's neusticurus, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is native to northern South America.
| Neusticurus medemi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Neusticurus |
| Species: | N. medemi |
| Binomial name | |
| Neusticurus medemi | |
Etymology
editThe specific name, medemi, is in honor of Colombian herpetologist Federico Medem.[3]
Geographic range
editNeusticurus medemi is found in Colombia (Vaupés Department) and Venezuela.[2]
Habitat
editDiet
editReproduction
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 Calderón, M.; Rivas, G. (2022) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Neusticurus medemi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T44578647A217804257. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T44578647A217804257.en. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- 1 2 3 Neusticurus medemi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 July 2019.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Neusticurus medemi, p. 174).
Further reading
edit- Diago-Toro, María F.; García-Cobos, Daniela; Brigante-Luna, Giovanni D.; Vásquez-Restrepo, Juan D. (2021). "Fantastic lizards and where to find them: cis-Andean microteiids (Squamata: Alopoglossidae & Gymnophthalmidae) from the Colombian Orinoquia and Amazonia". Zootaxa. 5067 (3): 377–400.
- Dixon JR, Lamar WW (1981). "A New Species of Microteiid Lizard (Genus Neusticurus) from Colombia". Journal of Herpetology 15 (3): 309–314. (Neusticurus medemi, new species).
- Marques-Souza, S.; Prates, I.; Fouquet, A.; Camacho, A.; Kok, P.J.R.; Nunes, P.M.S.; Dal Vechio, F.; Recoder, R.S.; Mejia, N.; Teixeira, M. Jr.; Barrio-Amorós, C.; Cassimiro, J.; Lima, J.D.; Sena, M.A.; Rodrigues, M.T. (2018). "Reconquering the water: Evolution and Systematics of South and Central American aquatic lizards (Gymnophthalmidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 47: 255–265.
- Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
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