Leposoma

Leposoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe:Ecpleopodini
Genus:Leposoma
Spix, 1825[1]

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

Species

The following six species are recognized as being valid:[2]

  • Leposoma annectans Ruibal, 1952
  • Leposoma baturitensis Rodrigues & Borges, 1997
  • Leposoma nanodactylus Rodrigues, 1997
  • Leposoma puk Rodrigues et al., 2002
  • Leposoma scincoides Spix, 1825
  • Leposoma sinepollex Rodrigues et al., 2013

References

  1. ↑ "Leposoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. 1 2 Leposoma at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

  • Spix JB (1825). Animalia nova sive species novae lacertarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII – MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Miximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit. Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. Index (four unnumbered pages) + 26 pp. + 30 color plates. (Leposoma, new genus, p. 24). (in Latin).


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