Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Gymnophthalmidae Bibliography of the genus Yanomamia Biodiversity of the family Gymnophthalmidae Genus Yanomamia Tepui Root Tejus Tepui-Wurzeltejus Tepui-rodtejuer 2018 Yanomamia Pellegrino, Brunes, Souza, Laguna, Avila-Pires, Hoogmoed & Rodrigues (type species: Arthrosaura guianensis MacCulloch & Lathrop 2001) Contents: 2 species, both of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: The members of this genus were previously included in Arthrosaura or in Loxopholis (e.g., MacCulloch & Lathrop 2001; Kok 2008; Goicoechea, Frost, Riva, Pellegrino, Sites, Rodrigues & Padial 2016). Distribution: Guyana. Yanomamia guianensis Pakaraima Mountains Root Teju Pakaraima-Wurzelteju Pakaraima-rodteju 2001 Arthrosaura guianensis MacCulloch & Lathrop [not Leposoma guianensis Ruibal 1952] Loxopholis guianensis Goicoechea, Frost, Riva, Pellegrino, Sites, Rodrigues & Padial 2016 Yanomamia guianensis Pellegrino, Brunes, Souza, Laguna, Avila-Pires, Hoogmoed & Rodrigues 2018 Remarks: When Goicoechea, Frost, Riva, Pellegrino, Sites, Rodrigues & Padial (2016) transferred this species to Loxopholis, the authors did not take into account that it became a secondary homonym of Leposoma guianensis Ruibal 1952. Although they listed the two species as "L. guianense (Ruibal, 1952)" and "L. guianensis (MacCulloch, 2001 [sic])", respectively, the different suffixes did not solve the problem of homonymy, because guianense (Ruibal, 1952) would need to be corrected to guianensis to comply with grammar, since the grammatical gender of Loxopholis is feminine, not neuter like Leposoma (compare with Myriopholis which is also feminine; see Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009). Before a replacement name was suggested, the problem solved itself when Pellegrino, Brunes, Souza, Laguna, Avila-Pires, Hoogmoed & Rodrigues (2018) named a new genus, Yanomamia, for the two species guianensis and hoogmoedi. Should Leposoma guianensis Ruibal 1952 and Arthrosaura guianensis MacCulloch & Lathrop 2001 ever be placed in the same genus again, a replacement name is needed for the latter. Distribution: Guyana. Yanomamia hoogmoedi Mount Maringma Root Teju Maringma-Wurzelteju Maringma-rodteju 2008 Arthrosaura hoogmoedi Kok Loxopholis hoogmoedi Goicoechea, Frost, Riva, Pellegrino, Sites, Rodrigues & Padial 2016 Yanomamia hoogmoedi Pellegrino, Brunes, Souza, Laguna, Avila-Pires, Hoogmoed & Rodrigues 2018 Distribution: Guyana.