Wilsonosaura josyi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species, which is endemic to Peru, is monotypic in the genus Wilsonosaura.
Etymology The specific name, josyi, is in honor of Franz-Josef "Josy" Hans.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Euspondylus josei, p. 136).
Geographic range W. josyi is found in central Peru, in Department of Junín.
Habitat The holotype of W. josyi was collected at an altitude of , but its preferred natural habitat was not recorded.
Reproduction W. josyi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Köhler G (2003). "Two new species of Euspondylus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Peru". Salamandra 39 (1): 5–20. (Euspondylus josyi, new species). 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. Lehr E, Moravec J, von May R (2019). "A new cryptic genus of terrestrial lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the eastern Andes of central Peru". Salamandra 56: 1–15. (Wilsonosaura, new genus; W. josyi, new combination).