Proctoporus
Sign in to saveProctoporus is a genus of medium-sized lizards (snout-vent length between and ) assigned to the family Gymnophthalmidae. Species in the genus Proctoporus occur in Yungas forests and wet montane grasslands on the upper edge of the Amazonian forest, between elevation, from Central Peru in the north to Central Bolivia in the south.
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Proctoporus is a genus of medium-sized lizards (snout-vent length between and ) assigned to the family Gymnophthalmidae. Species in the genus Proctoporus occur in Yungas forests and wet montane grasslands on the upper edge of the Amazonian forest, between elevation, from Central Peru in the north to Central Bolivia in the south.
==Taxonomy== thumb|right|360px|Relationships between the species assigned to Proctoporus. Note several new species that were previously assigned to P. bolivianus, but need to be split off based on genetic analysis