Anotosaura

Anotosaura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamily:Ecpleopinae
Genus:Anotosaura
Amaral, 1933[1]

Anotosaura is a genus of South American lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2]

Geographic range

The genus Anotosaura is endemic to Brazil.[2]

Species

The genus Anotosaura contains two valid species.[2]

  • Anotosaura collaris Amaral, 1933
  • Anotosaura vanzolinia Dixon, 1974

Etymology

The specific name, vanzolinia, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist and composer Paulo Vanzolini.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Anotosaura ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
  2. 1 2 3 "Anotosaura ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anotosaura vanzolinia, p. 273).

Further reading

  • Amaral A (1933). "Estudos sobre lacertílios neotrópicos. I. Novos gêneros e espécies de lagartos do Brasil ". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 7: 51-75. (Anotosaura, new genus). (in Portuguese).


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