''Alopoglossus carinicaudatus'', the northern teiid, is a species 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 ...
in the family
Alopoglossidae
''Alopoglossus'' is a genus of lizards in the monogeneric family Alopoglossidae. The genus is distributed from Costa Rica in Central America to northern South America.
Species
The genus ''Alopoglossus'' contains the following 32 valid specie ...
.
It is found in
Ecuador and
Peru.
References
Alopoglossus
Reptiles described in 1876
Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope
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