NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Haunted cuilanes
Pholidobolus fascinatus Parra, Sales-Nunes & Torres-Carvajal, 2020
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Figure 15; Holotype of Pholidobolus fascinatus sp. nov. (QCAZ 15120) in life in dorsal (A), ventral (B), and lateral (C) views. Male, SVL = 52.5 mm. Photographs by Diego Quirola.
Parra V, Nunes PMS, Torres-Carvajal O (2020) Systematics of Pholidobolus lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from southern Ecuador, with descriptions of four new species. ZooKeys 954: 109-156. · CC BY 4.0 · Image sourceProvider-generated thumbnail requested at 800 pixels; no local editing Local WebP display rendition; resized without cropping.
Open encyclopedia reference
Pholidobolus fascinatus, also known as the haunted cuilane, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. Males are slightly smaller than females, with an average snout–vent length of 47.6 mm compared to 48.2 mm. It inhabits wet paramo in the western slopes of the Andes of southern Ecuador and is only known from El Oro province. The authors of the study describing the species recommended that the species be considered data deficient due to its small known distribution and lack of additional data
Wikipedia contributors, Pholidobolus fascinatus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:54:47.453877+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pholidobolus fascinatus Parra, Sales-Nunes & Torres-Carvajal, 2020
- Name authority
- Parra, Sales-Nunes & Torres-Carvajal, 2020
- Common name
- Haunted cuilanes
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Gymnophthalmidae
- Genus
- Pholidobolus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyGymnophthalmidae
- genusPholidobolus
- speciesPholidobolus fascinatus Parra, Sales-Nunes & Torres-Carvajal, 2020
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pholidobolus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Uzzell's PrionodactylusPholidobolus dicrus (Uzzell, 1973) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| MacBryde's PholiodobolusPholidobolus macbrydei Montanucci, 1973 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mountain PholiodobolusPholidobolus montium (Peters, 1863) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Montanucci's PholiodobolusPholidobolus prefrontalis Montanucci, 1973 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pholidobolus paramuno Hurtado-Gómez, Arredondo, Sales-Nunes & Daza, 2018 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Long-necked cuilanesPholidobolus dolichoderes Parra, Sales-Nunes & Torres-Carvajal, 2020 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Condor cuilanesPholidobolus condor Parra, Sales-Nunes & Torres-Carvajal, 2020 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pholidobolus celsiae Amézquita, Mazariegos-H, Cañaveral, Orejuela, Barragán-Contreras & Daza, 2023 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pholidobolus marianus (Ruthven, 1921) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peters' PholiodobolusPholidobolus affinis (Peters, 1863) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cuilanes of HillisPholidobolus hillisi Torres-Carvajal, Venegas, Lobos, Mafla-Endara & Sales-Nunes, 2014 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brown PrionodactylusPholidobolus vertebralis (O'Shaughnessy, 1879) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Pholidobolus&species=fascinatus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:8H5T6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.