''Proctoporus'' is a

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of medium-sized

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s ( snout-vent length between and ) assigned to the

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in the genus ''Proctoporus'' occur in

Yungas The Yungas (Aymara ''yunka'' warm or temperate Andes or earth, Quechua ''yunka'' warm area on the slopes of the Andes) is a bioregion of a narrow band of forest along the eastern slope of the Andes Mountains from Peru and Bolivia, and extends into ...

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s and wet

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s on the upper edge of the Amazonian forest, between elevation, from Central

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in the north to Central

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in the south.

Taxonomy

Species

The following 19 species are recognized as being valid.. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Proctoporus bolivianus'' – Bolivian lightbulb lizard *'' Proctoporus carabaya'' *'' Proctoporus cephalolineatus'' *'' Proctoporus chasqui'' *'' Proctoporus guentheri'' – Günther's lightbulb lizard *'' Proctoporus iridescens'' *'' Proctoporus katerynae'' *'' Proctoporus kiziriani'' *'' Proctoporus lacertus'' *'' Proctoporus laudahnae'' *'' Proctoporus machupicchu'' – Machu Picchu Andean lizard *'' Proctoporus oreades'' *'' Proctoporus optimus'' *'' Proctoporus pachyurus'' - Tschudi's lightbulb lizard *'' Proctoporus rahmi'' - Rahm's sun tegu *'' Proctoporus spinalis'' - Boulenger's sun tegu *'' Proctoporus sucullucu'' *''

Proctoporus unsaacae ''Proctoporus unsaacae'' is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Peru. Etymology The specific name, ''unsaacae'', is in honor of the herpetological research group at the '' Universidad Nacional de San A ...

'' *'' Proctoporus xestus'' - river teiid ''

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'': A

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Proctoporus''.

Taxonomy

Species

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