Riama columbiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Riama
Species:

Lectotype: NRM 1631, adult ♂. [designated by Sánchez-Pacheco (2010: 32)]

Type locality: “Colombia”, restricted to “Colombia, probably in Municipio de Sonsón, Departamento de Antioquia”, by Sánchez-Pacheco (2010: 32).

Andersson, L.G. 1914. A new Telmatobius and new teiid lizards from South America. Arkiv för Zoologi 9(3): 1–12. BHL
Doan, T.M. & Castoe, T.A. 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 Reference page.
Sánchez-Pacheco, S.J. 2010. Lectotype designation and redescription of the Gymnophthalmid lizard Riama columbiana (Andersson, 1914) with notes on the type locality. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 50(2): 31-41. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492010000200001 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Riama columbiana. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 June 2018.
Arredondo, J.C. 2015. IUCN: Riama columbiana (Endangered) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44578753A115386714. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44578753A44578762.en