Barisia

Barisia is a genus of lizards in the family Anguidae. The genus is endemic to Mexico.[1]

Barisia
Barisia levicollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Subfamily: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Barisia
Gray, 1838

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]

  • Barisia ciliaris (H.M. Smith, 1942)
  • Barisia herrerae Zaldívar-Riverón & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2002
  • Barisia imbricata (Wiegmann, 1828)
  • Barisia jonesi Guillette & H.M. Smith, 1982
  • Barisia levicollis Stejneger, 1890
  • Barisia planifrons (Bocourt, 1878)
  • Barisia rudicollis (Wiegmann, 1828)

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

References
  1. "Barisia ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Barisia&submit=Search

Further reading
  • Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [First Series] 1: 274–283, 388–394. (Barisia, new genus, p. 390).


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