Colobosaura
| Colobosaura | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Subfamily: | Gymnophthalminae[1] |
| Genus: | Colobosaura Boulenger, 1887[2] |
Colobosaura is a monotypic genus of lizard, endemic to South America, in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[1]
Species
Only one species is recognized as being valid.[1]
- Colobosaura modesta (J.T. Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862)
Taxonomy
The genus Colobosaura used to contain two additional species: C. kraepelini and C. modesta. However, in 2007 Rodrigues et al. determined that C. kraepelini is a synonym of C. modesta, and that C. mentalis should be placed in the new genus Acratosaura as Acratosaura mentalis.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "Colobosaura modesta ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Colobosaura ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
- ↑ Rodrigues MT, Pellegrino KCM, Dixo M, Verdade VK, Pavan D, Suzart AJ, Sites JW. 2007. A New Genus of Microteiid Lizard from the Atlantic Forests of State of Bahia, Brazil, with a New Generic Name for Colobosaura mentalis, and a Discussion of Relationships Among the Heterodactylini (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). American Mus. Novitates (3565): 1-27.
Further reading
- 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-XXVII. (Colobosaura, new genus, p. 508).
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