''Dryadosaura'' is a genus of the lizard family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

, i.e. it has only one species, ''Dryadosaura nordestina''. It occurs in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

.Dryadosaura nordestina
in the Reptile Database

References

Gymnophthalmidae Monotypic lizard genera Spectacled lizards of Brazil Endemic reptiles of Brazil Taxa named by Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues Taxa named by Eliza Maria Xavier Freire Taxa named by Kátia Cristina Machado Pellegrino Taxa named by Jack W. Sites Jr. {{Gymnophthalmidae-stub