Riama orcesi

Riama orcesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Riama
Species:	R. orcesi
Binomial name
	Riama orcesi; (, 1995)
Synonyms
	Proctoporus orcesi ; Kizirian, 1995; Riama orcesi ; — & , 2005;

Riama orcesi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.^[1] The species is endemic to Ecuador.

Etymology[]

The specific name, orcesi, is in honor of Ecuadorian herpetologist Gustavo Orcés.^[2]

R. orcesi is found in northeastern Ecuador at altitudes of 1,100–2,460 m (3,610–8,070 ft).^[1]

R. orcesi is oviparous.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Riama orcesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 August 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. (Riama orcesi, p. 195).

, (2005). "Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cercosaurini (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with new genera for species of Neusticurus and Proctoporus ". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 405–416. (Riama orcesi, new combination).
(1995). "A New Species of Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Andean Cordillera Oriental of Northeastern Ecuador". Journal of Herpetology 29 (1): 66–72. (Proctoporus orcesi, new species).

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