Proctoporus
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. Species. The following 17 species are recognized as being valid. "Nota bene": A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than "Proctoporus".