NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
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Petracola gavinwhitei Echevarría, Venegas, García-Ayachi, García-Bravo & Torres-Carvajal, 2026
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Petracola gavinwhitei Echevarría, Venegas, García-Ayachi, García-Bravo & Torres-Carvajal, 2026
- Name authority
- Echevarría, Venegas, García-Ayachi, García-Bravo & Torres-Carvajal, 2026
- Common name
- Not given
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Gymnophthalmidae
- Genus
- Petracola
- 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
- genusPetracola
- speciesPetracola gavinwhitei Echevarría, Venegas, García-Ayachi, García-Bravo & Torres-Carvajal, 2026
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Petracola. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Petracola angustisoma Echevarría & Venegas, 2015 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spotted Lightbulb LizardPetracola ventrimaculatus (Boulenger, 1900) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Petracola amazonensis Mamani, Vargas, Chaparro & Catenazzi, 2023 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Petracola shurugojalcapi Mamani, Vargas, Chaparro & Catenazzi, 2023 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Not givenPetracola chullpa Echevarría, Venegas, García-Ayachi, García-Bravo & Torres-Carvajal, 2026 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Not givenPetracola guatopilla Echevarría, Venegas, García-Ayachi, García-Bravo & Torres-Carvajal, 2026 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Petracola waka Kizirian, Bayefsky-Anand, Eriksson, Minh Le & Donnelly, 2008 | 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=Petracola&species=gavinwhitei 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:VPGTP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.