''Leposoma'' is a
genus
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of
South America
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n
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
family
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Gymnophthalmidae.
Species
The following six
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
are recognized as being valid:
[
*'' Leposoma annectans''
*'' Leposoma baturitensis''
*'' Leposoma nanodactylus''
*'' Leposoma puk''
*'' Leposoma scincoides'' - skink tegu
*'' Leposoma sinepollex''
]
References
Further reading
* Spix JB (1825). ''Animalia nova sive species novae lacertarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII – MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Miximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit.'' Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. Index (four unnumbered pages) + 26 pp. + 30 color plates. (''Leposoma'', new genus, p. 24). (in Latin).
Reptiles of South America
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Johann Baptist von Spix
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