Alopoglossus

Alopoglossus is a genus of lizards in the monogeneric family Alopoglossidae.[1][2] The genus is distributed from Costa Rica in Central America to northern South America.[1]

Alopoglossus
Alopoglossus angulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Alopoglossidae
Goicoechea, Frost, De la Riva, Pellegrino, Sites, Rodrigues & Padial, 2016
Genus: Alopoglossus
Boulenger, 1885
Species

28, see text.

Synonyms[1]

Ptychoglossus Boulenger, 189

Species

The genus Alopoglossus contains the following 28 valid species:[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Alopoglossus.

References

  1. Hernández Morales, Cristian; Sturaro, Marcelo J.; Nunes, Pedro M. Sales; Lotzkat, Sebastian & Peloso, Pedro L.V. (2020). "A species‐level total evidence phylogeny of the microteiid lizard family Alopoglossidae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea)". Cladistics. 36 (3): 301–321. doi:10.1111/cla.12407. S2CID 213010219.
  2. Alopoglossus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2020.
  3. News Staff / Source (2014). "New Species of Shade Lizard Discovered in Ecuador". at Sci-News.com.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Alopoglossus, new genus, p. 383).


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