Loxopholis
| Loxopholis | |
|---|---|
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| Loxopholis rugiceps | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertoidea |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Cope, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| Loxopholis rugiceps Cope, 1869 | |
| Species | |
| 11 species (see text) | |
Loxopholis is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.
Species
The genus Loxopholis contains 11 species which are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Loxopholis caparensis (Esqueda, 2005)
- Loxopholis ferreirai (Rodrigues & Ávila-Pires, 2005)
- Loxopholis guianense (Ruibal, 1952)
- Loxopholis hexalepis (Ayala & Harris, 1982) - six-scaled tegu
- Loxopholis ioanna (Uzzell & Barry, 1971)
- Loxopholis osvaldoi (Ávila-Pires, 1995)
- Loxopholis parietalis (Cope, 1886) - common root lizard
- Loxopholis percarinatum (L. Müller, 1923) - Müller's tegu
- Loxopholis rugiceps Cope, 1869
- Loxopholis snethlageae (Ávila-Pires, 1995)
- Loxopholis southi (Ruthven & Gaige, 1924) - northern spectacled lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Loxopholis.
References
- ^ "Loxopholis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Cope ED (1869). "Sixth Contribution to the HERPETOLOGY of South America". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 305–313. (Loxopholis, new genus, p. 305; L. rugiceps, new species, pp. 305–306).