Proctoporus laudahnae is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Peru.
Etymology The specific name, laudahnae, is in honor of Monika Laudahn, who is a technician in the Herpetology Department at the Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Riama laudahnae, p. 152).
Geographic range P. laudahnae is found in central Peru, in the Department of Huánuco.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of P. laudahnae is forest, at altitudes around .
Behavior P. laudahnae is terrestrial.
Reproduction P. laudahnae is oviparous.
References
Further reading Chávez G, Chávez-Arribasplata JC (2016). "Distribution and natural history notes on the Peruvian lizard Proctoporus laudahnae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)". Phyllomedusa 15 (2): 147–154. Doan TM, Castoe TA (2005). "Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cercosaurinae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with new genera for species of Neusticurus and Proctoporus ". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 405–416. (Riama laudahnae, new combination). Kŏhler G, Lehr E (2004). "Comments on Euspondylus and Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Peru, with the Description of Three New Species and a Key to the Peruvian Species". Herpetologica 60 (4): 501–518. (Proctoporus laudahnae, new species). Torres-Carvajal O, Lobos SE, Venegas PJ, Chávez G, Aguirre-Peñafiel V, Zurita D, Echevarría LY (2016). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the most diverse clade of South American gymnophthalmid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 63–75.