Rhachisaurus

Rhachisaurus is a genus of the lizard family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is monotypic, i.e. it has only one species, Rhachisaurus brachylepis. It occurs in Brazil.^[1]

Rhachisaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Rhachisaurus Pellegrino, Rodrigues, Yonenaga-Yassuda, & Sites, 2001
Species:	R. brachylepis
Binomial name
Rhachisaurus brachylepis (Dixon, 1974)
Synonyms
Anotosaura brachylepis