Loxopholis
| Loxopholis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Loxopholis Cope, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| Loxopholis rugiceps Cope, 1869 | |
| Species | |
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13 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 13 species which are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Loxopholis caparensis (Esqueda, 2005)
- Loxopholis ferreirai (Rodrigues & Avila-Pires, 2005)
- Loxopholis guianense (Ruibal, 1952)
- Loxopholis guianensis (MacCulloch & Lathrop, 2001)
- Loxopholis hexalepis (Ayala & Harris, 1982)
- Loxopholis hoogmoedi (Kok, 2008)
- Loxopholis ioanna (Uzzell & Barry, 1971)
- Loxopholis osvaldoi (Avila-Pires, 1995)
- Loxopholis parietalis (Cope, 1885)
- Loxopholis percarinatum (Müller, 1923)
- Loxopholis rugiceps Cope, 1869
- Loxopholis snethlageae (Avila-Pires, 1995)
- Loxopholis southi (Avila-Pires, 1995)
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.
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