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Taxonomy of the genus Ptychoglossus Biodiversity of the family Alopoglossidae

Bibliography of the genus
Ptychoglossus (Swamp Lizards)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Alopoglossidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Ptychoglossus in general

Dunn, E.R. 1944. The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia. Caldasia (Bogota) 3(11): 63-68.

Harris, D.M. 1994. Review of the teiid lizard genus Ptychoglossus. Herpetological Monographs 8: 226-275.

Rueda-Almonacid, J.V. 1985. Acerca de las especies Colombianas del genero Ptychoglossus (Sauria: Gymnophtalmidae) con la descripcion de una nueva especie. Lozania 51: 1-12.

Ptychoglossus bicolor

Anaya-Rojas, J.M.; Serrano-Cardozo, V.H.; Ramírez-Pinilla, M.P. 2010. Diet, microhabitat use, and thermal preferences of Ptychoglossus bicolor (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) in an organic coffee shade plantation in Colombia. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (Săo Paulo) 50(10): 159-166.

Meza-Joya, F.L.; Ramos-Pallares, E.; Hernández-Jaimes, C. 2014. Ptychoglossus bicolor (Werner 1916). Lagarto de Werner, lagarto pechirrojo. Catálogo de Anfibios y Reptiles de Colombia 2(2): 24-29.

Ramos-Pallares, E.; Serrano-Cardozo, V.H.; Ramírez-Pinilla, M.P. 2010. Reproduction of Ptychoglossus bicolor (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) in an Andean coffee shade plantation in Colombia. South American Journal of Herpetology 5(2): 143-150.

Rodríguez, N.C.; Galeano, M.Á.M. 2017. Natural history notes: Ptychoglossus bicolor (Werner's Large-scaled Lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review 48(3): 658-659.

Uzzell, T.M. 1958. Generic status of the teiid lizard Gonioptychus bicolor Werner. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 592: 4 pp.

Ptychoglossus bilineatus

Medina-Rangel, G.F.; Calderon-Espinosa, M.L. 2010. Geographic distribution: Ptychoglossus bilineatus (Largescale Lizard). Herpetological Review 41(4): 514.

Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis

Barrio-Amoros, C.L.; Diaz de Pascual, A.; Chacon, A. 2003. Geographic distribution: Ptychoglossus nicefori. Herpetological Review 34(2): 167.

Fouquette, M.J. 1968. Observations on the natural history of microteiid lizards from the Venezuelan Andes. Copeia 1968: 881-884.

Loveridge, A. 1929. A new Anadia from Colombia with remarks on other members of the genus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 42: 99-102.

Peloso, P.L.; Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. 2010. Morphological variation in Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis Boulenger, 1912 and the status of Ptychoglossus nicefori (Loveridge, 1929) (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). Herpetologica 66(3): 357-372.

Pinto, M.G.M.; Quatman, W.E. 2005. Geographic distribution: Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis (Boulenger's Large-scaled Lizard). Herpetological Review 36(2): 202.

Ptychoglossus eurylepis

Harris, D.M.; Rueda, J.V. 1985. A new microteiid lizard (Sauria: Ptychoglossus) with exceptionally wide scales from southwestern Colombia. Lozania 48: 1-6.

Ptychoglossus festae

Medina-Rangel, G.F.; López-Perilla, Y.R. 2014. Natural history notes: Ptychoglossus festae (Peracca's Largescale Lizard). Nesting. Herpetological Review 45(3): 504.

Ptychoglossus grandisquamatus

Rueda-Almonacid, J.V. 1985. Acerca de las especies Colombianas del genero Ptychoglossus (Sauria: Gymnophtalmidae) con la descripcion de una nueva especie. Lozania 51: 1-12.

Ptychoglossus kugleri

Shreve, B. 1947. On Venezuelan reptiles and amphibians collected by Dr. G. Kugler. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 99(5): 517-537.

Ptychoglossus myersi

Sanchez-Pacheco, S.J.; Rueda-Almonacid, J.V.; Caicedo-Portilla, J.R.; Marques Souza, S. 2016. First record of Leposoma caparensis from Colombia, with confirmation for the presence of Ptychoglossus myersi and P. plicatus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Salamandra 52(1): 53-57.

Ptychoglossus plicatus

Alemán, C. 1952. Apuntes sobre reptiles y anfibios de la region Baruta-El Hatillo. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 12(31): 11-30.

Goldberg, S.R. 2008. Note on reproduction of two species of microteiid lizards, Leposoma southi and Ptychoglossus plicatus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 44(2): 42-45.

Herrera, Y.C.; Fernández-Marín, H. 2016. Natural history notes: Ptychoglossus plicatus (Taylor's Large-scaled Lizard). Nesting. Herpetological Review 47(4): 673-674.

Sanchez-Pacheco, S.J.; Rueda-Almonacid, J.V.; Caicedo-Portilla, J.R.; Marques Souza, S. 2016. First record of Leposoma caparensis from Colombia, with confirmation for the presence of Ptychoglossus myersi and P. plicatus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Salamandra 52(1): 53-57.

Taylor, E.H. 1949. Two new teiid lizards from Costa Rica. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 33(1): 271-278.

Ptychoglossus stenolepis

Bolivar-G., W.; Hernández-Morales, C. 2013. Ptychoglossus stenolepis (Boulenger 1908). Lisa Café, Sabandija. Catálogo de Anfibios y Reptiles de Colombia 1(1): 26-30.