Acratosaura

Genus of lizards

Acratosaura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Acratosaura
Rodrigues, Pellegrino, Dixo, Verdade, Pavan, Argolo, & Sites, 2007

Acratosaura is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to Brazil.

Species

The genus Acratosaura contains 2 species which are recognized as being valid.[1]

  • Acratosaura mentalis (Amaral, 1933) – Amaral's colobosaura
  • Acratosaura spinosa Rodrigues, Cassimiro, De Freitas, & Santos Silva, 2009 – spiny colobosaura

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Acratosaura.

References

  1. ^ "Acratosaura ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Taxon identifiers
Acratosaura


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