Heterodactylus
Heterodactylus is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to Brazil.[1]
| Heterodactylus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Subfamily: | Gymnophthalminae |
| Tribe: | Heterodactylini |
| Genus: | Heterodactylus Spix, 1825 |
Species
The genus Heterodactylus contains the following three species which are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Heterodactylus imbricatus Spix, 1825 - Rio de Janeiro teiid
- Heterodactylus lundii J.T. Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862 - Lund's teiid
- Heterodactylus septentrionalis Rodrigues, De Freitas & Silva, 2009
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References
- Heterodactylus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 December 2013.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Heterodactylus, p. 422).
- Spix JB (1825). Animalia nova sive species novae lacertarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII - MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit. Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. Index (4 unnumbered pages) + 26 pp. + 30 color plates. (Heterodactylus, new genus, p. 25). (in Latin).
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