Arthrosaura
| Arthrosaura | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Arthrosaura Boulenger, 1885 |
| Diversity | |
| 9 species (see text) | |
Arthrosaura is a genus of spectacled lizards (family Gymnophthalmidae).[1][2] These lizards occur in northern South America. There appears to be two species groups: a longer-legged, short-bodied group with four supraocular scales (A. guianensis, A. kockii, and A. testigensis); and a short-legged, gracile group with three supraoculars (A. reticulata, A. synaptolepis, A. tyleri, and A. versteegii ).[3]
Species
- Arthrosaura guianensis MacCulloch & Lathrop, 2001
- Arthrosaura hoogmoedi Kok, 2008
- Arthrosaura kockii (Lidth de Jeude, 1904)
- Arthrosaura montigena Myers & Donnelly, 2008
- Arthrosaura reticulata (O’Shaughnessy, 1881)
- Arthrosaura synaptolepis Donnelly, McDiarmid & Myers, 1992
- Arthrosaura testigensis Gorzula & Señaris, 1999
- Arthrosaura tyleri (C. Burt & M. Burt, 1931)
- Arthrosaura versteegii Lidth de Jeude, 1904
References
- ↑ Hoogmoed MS, Ávila-Pires TCS. (1992). "Studies on the species of the South American lizard genus Arthrosaura Boulenger (Reptilia: Sauria: Teiidae), with the resurrection of two species". Zoologische Mededelingen 66: 453–484.
- 1 2 Arthrosaura at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ MacCulloch RD, Lathrop A. (2001). "A new species of Arthrosaura (Sauria: Teiidae) from the highlands of Guyana". Caribbean Journal of Science 37: 174–181.
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