Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Infraorder Scincomorpha Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles | Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Sauria Family Gymnophthalmidae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Scaled reptiles, Colobodactylus, Cercosaura ocellata, Cercosaura, Gymnophthalmidae | ||
Colobosaura is a monotypic genus of lizard, endemic to South America, in the family Gymnophthalmidae.
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Species
Only one species is recognized as being valid.
Taxonomy
The genus Colobosaura used to contain two additional species: C. kraepelini and C. modesta. However, in 2007 Rodrigues et al. determined that C. kraepelini is a synonym of C. modesta, and that C. mentalis should be placed in the new genus Acratosaura as Acratosaura mentalis.
References
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