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Loxopholis
Genus of lizards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Loxopholis is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.
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Species
The genus Loxopholis contains 11 species which are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Loxopholis caparensis (Esqueda, 2005)
- Loxopholis ferreirai (Rodrigues & Ávila-Pires, 2005)
- Loxopholis guianense (Ruibal, 1952)
- Loxopholis hexalepis (Ayala & Harris, 1982) - six-scaled tegu
- Loxopholis ioanna (Uzzell & Barry, 1971)
- Loxopholis osvaldoi (Ávila-Pires, 1995)
- Loxopholis parietalis (Cope, 1886) - common root lizard
- Loxopholis percarinatum (L. Müller, 1923) - Müller's tegu
- Loxopholis rugiceps Cope, 1869
- Loxopholis snethlageae (Ávila-Pires, 1995)
- Loxopholis southi (Ruthven & Gaige, 1924) - northern spectacled lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Loxopholis.
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