Proctoporus, Tschudi, 1845

Mamani, Luis, Goicoechea, Noemí & Chaparro, Juan C., 2015, A new species of Andean lizard Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from montane forest of the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, Peru, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 96) 9 (1), pp. 1-11 : 8

Revised key to the genus Proctoporus

Key to the Species of Proctoporus from Perú, Bolivia, and Argentina (adapted from Goicoechea, Padial, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher, and De la Riva 2013)

1a. Presence of prefrontals........................................................................ 2

1b. Absence of prefrontal scales.................................................................... 3

2a. Smooth dorsal scales, single large elongate subocular, presence of large spines at the base of the sulcus spermaticus........................................................................................... P. xestus

2b. Keeled dorsal scales, several small subocular scales.............................................. P. chasqui

3a. Two pair of genial in contact................................................................... 5

3b. Three pair of genial in contact................................................................. 4

4a. Three supralabials anterior to the posteroventral angle of the subocular........................ P. iridescens

4b. Four supralabials anterior to the posteroventral angle of the subocular....................... P. machupicchu

5a. Two to three supraoculars....................................................................... 6

5b. Four supraoculars...................................................................... P. pachyurus

6a. Venter uniformly dark or with dark stippling or mottling near lateral scale rows........................... 7

6b. Venter clear yellow or orange without dark mottling........................................ P. guentheri

7a. No continuous series of lateral ocelli............................................................. 8

7b. Continuous series of lateral ocelli...................................................... P. unsaacae

8a. Frontonasal scale longer than frontal scale........................................................ 9

8b. Frontonasal scale equal in length to frontal scale................................................... 10

9a. Limbs overlapping when adpressed..................................................... P. sucullucu

9b. Limbs not overlapping when adpressed................................................ .. P. bolivianus

10a. First supraocular not fused with first superciliary.................................................. 11

10b. First supraocular fused with first superciliary............................................. P. carabaya

11a. Absence of loreal scale................................................................... P. lacertus

11b. Presence of loreal scale.................................................................. P. kiziriani