The skink tegu (''Leposoma scincoides'') 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
Gymnophthalmidae.
It is endemic to Brazil.
References
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Leposoma
Reptiles of Brazil
Endemic reptiles of Brazil
Reptiles described in 1825
Taxa named by Johann Baptist von Spix