''Alopoglossus'' is a
genus of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
s in the
monogeneric
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family Alopoglossidae.
The genus is distributed from
Costa Rica
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in Central America to northern
South America.
Species
The genus ''Alopoglossus'' contains the following 32 valid species:
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Alopoglossus amazonius'' – Amazonanian teiid
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Alopoglossus andeanus''
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Alopoglossus angulatus'' – northern teiid
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Alopoglossus atriventris
''Alopoglossus atriventris'', known commonly as the keel-bellied shade lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is endemic to northwestern South America.
Etymology
The specific name, ''atriventris'', is from Lat ...
'' – keel-bellied shade lizard
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Alopoglossus avilapiresae''
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Alopoglossus bicolor'' – Werner's largescale lizard
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Alopoglossus bilineatus''
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Alopoglossus brevifrontalis'' – Boulenger's largescale lizard
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Alopoglossus buckleyi'' – Buckley's teiid
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Alopoglossus carinicaudatus'' – northern teiid
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Alopoglossus collii''
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Alopoglossus copii'' – drab shade lizard
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Alopoglossus danieli'' – Daniel's largescale lizard
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Alopoglossus embera''
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Alopoglossus eurylepis'' – largescale lizard
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Alopoglossus festae''
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Alopoglossus gansorum''
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Alopoglossus gorgonae''
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Alopoglossus grandisquamatus'' – common largescale lizard
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Alopoglossus harrisi''
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Alopoglossus indigenorum''
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Alopoglossus kugleri'' – Kugler's largescale lizard
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Alopoglossus lehmanni''
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Alopoglossus meloi''
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Alopoglossus myersi''
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Alopoglossus plicatus'' – Taylor's largescale lizard
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Alopoglossus romaleos''
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Alopoglossus stenolepis''
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Alopoglossus tapajosensis''
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Alopoglossus theodorusi''
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Alopoglossus vallensis''
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Alopoglossus viridiceps''
News Staff / Source (2014). "New Species of Shade Lizard Discovered in Ecuador"
at Sci-News.com. – green-headed shade lizard
'' Nota bene'': A binomial authority
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Alopoglossus''.
References
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).
Lizard genera
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Monogeneric reptile families
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