Gymnophthalmus speciosus

Gymnophthalmus speciosus, the golden spectacled tegu, is a microteiid lizard found in Mexico, Central America, and Colombia.[2] It is a small, cylindrical lizard with a long tail and a tendency to reduced extremeties.[3]

Gymnophthalmus speciosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Gymnophthalmus
Species:
G. speciosus
Binomial name
Gymnophthalmus speciosus
(Hallowell, 1861)

References

  1. Lamar, W., Porras, L.W., Sunyer, J., Rivas, G., Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P. & Caicedo, J. 2017. Gymnophthalmus speciosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T197488A2489493. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T197488A2489493.en. Downloaded on 26 July 2019.
  2. Gymnophthalmus speciosus at the Reptile Database.
  3. Munoz Chacon, Federico. 2001. Gymnophthalmus speciosus Hallowell 1861 Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine. INBio.


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