Riama

Riama is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Riama
Riama striata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Riama Gray, 1858

Species

The genus Riama contains 16 species which are recognized as being valid.

• Riama anatoloros (Kizirian, 1996)
• Riama antioquensis Arredondo, 2013
• Riama balneator (Kizirian, 1996)
• Riama cashcaensis (Kizirian & Coloma, 1991) – Kizorian's lightbulb lizard
• Riama colomaromani (Kizirian, 1996)
• Riama columbiana (Andersson, 1914) – Colombian lightbulb lizard
• Riama inanis (Doan & Schargel, 2003)
• Riama labionis (Kizirian, 1996)
• Riama meleagris (Boulenger, 1885) – brown lightbulb lizard
• Riama orcesi (Kizirian, 1995)
• Riama raneyi (Kizirian, 1996)
• Riama simotera (O'Shaughnessy, 1879) – O'Shaughnessy's lightbulb lizard
• Riama stigmatoral (Kizirian, 1996)
• Riama striata (W. Peters, 1863) – striped lightbulb lizard,
• Riama unicolor Gray, 1858 – drab lightbulb lizard
• Riama yumborum Aguirre-Peñafiel, Torres-Carvajal, Sales-Nunes, Peck & Maddock, 2014

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

Further reading

• Gray JE (1858). "Description of Riama, a New Genus of Lizards, forming a distinct Family". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series 1858: 444–446. (Riama, new genus, p. 445; R. unicolor, new species, p. 446 + Plate XV, figure 2).