Riolama

Riolama is a small genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.

Riolama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamily:	Riolaminae
Genus:	Riolama Uzzell, 1973
Type species
Prionodactylus leucostictus Boulenger, 1900
Diversity
6 species (see text)

Geographic range

The genus Riolama found in Venezuela and Brazil.^[1]

Species

The genus Riolama contains 6 species:^[1]

• Riolama grandis Recoder, Prates, Marques-Souza, Camacho, Sales-Nunes, Vechio, Ghellere, McDiarmid, & Rodrigues, 2020
• Riolama inopinata Kok, 2015
• Riolama leucosticta (Boulenger, 1900) - white-spotted riolama
• Riolama luridiventris Esqueda, La Marca & Praderio, 2004
• Riolama stellata Recoder, Prates, Marques-Souza, Camacho, Sales-Nunes, Vechio, Ghellere, McDiarmid, & Rodrigues, 2020
• Riolama uzzelli Molina & Señaris, 2003

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Riolama.

Relatives of the Riolama, nicknamed "The Night Sky" and "The Brown Giant" were discovered by scientists in the Pico da Neblina National Park, Brazil in 2018.^[2]