Colobosaura
Appearance
Colobosaura | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
Tribe: | Iphisini |
Genus: | Colobosaura Boulenger, 1887[1] |
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Colobosaura is a genus of lizard, endemic to South America, in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2]
Species
[edit]Two species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Colobosaura kraepelini (Werner, 1910) - Chaco colobosaura
- Colobosaura modesta (J.T. Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862) - Bahia colobosaura
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Colobosaura, new genus, p. 508).