Euspondylus caideni is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Peru.
Etymology The specific name, caideni, is in honor of Caiden Christopher Vlasimsky (born 2003), the son of a Texan supporter of BIOPAT – Patrons for Biodiversity.Beolens, Bo, Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Euspondylus caideni, p. 46).
Geographic range E. caideni is found in Department of Cuzco, Peru.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of E. caideni is forest, at altitudes of .
Reproduction E. caideni is oviparous.
References
Further reading Köhler G (2003). "Two new species of Euspondylus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Peru". Salamandra 39 (1): 5–20. (Euspodylus caideni, new species, pp. 12–17, Figures 4–6). (in English, with an abstract in German, bilingual figure captions). Köhler G, Lehr E (2004). "Comments on Euspondylus and Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Peru, with the description of three new species and a key to the Peruvian species". Herpetologica 60 (4): 501–518.