| Rheosaurus | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Rheosaurus Vásquez-Restrepo, Ibáñez, Sánchez-Pacheco, & Daza, 2019 |
| Species: | R. sulcarostrum |
| Binomial name | |
| Rheosaurus sulcarostrum Donnelly, MacCulloch, Ugarte & Kizirian, 2006 | |
Rheosaurus sulcarostrum is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Guyana. It is monotypic in the genus Rheosaurus.
Habitat
R. sulcarostrum is found in leaf litter on the floor of high-canopy rainforest.
Geographic range
R. sulcarostrum has been found in northwestern Guyana at low elevation. Because of its secretive habitat, it is likely to be found elsewhere.
References
- Ouboter, P. & Hoogmoed, M. 2017. Echinosaura sulcarostrum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T203057A2759587. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T203057A2759587.en. Downloaded on 23 July 2019.
- Donnelly MA, MacCulloch RD, Ugarte CA, Kizirian DA (2006). "A new riparian gymnophthalmid (Squamata) from Guyana". Copeia. 2006 (3): 396–403. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2006)2006[396:anrgsf]2.0.co;2. S2CID 85931488. (Echinosaura sulcarostrum, new species).
- Cole, Charles J.; Townsend, Carol R.; Reynolds, Robert P.; MacCulloch, Ross D.; Lathrop, Amy (January 2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 125 (4): 317–578. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-125.4.317. S2CID 86665287.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Echinosaura sulcarostrum | |
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