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Pantodactylus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Infraorder
  
Scincomorpha

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Sauria

Family
  
Gymnophthalmidae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Prionodactylus, Cercosaura, Scaled reptiles, Cercosaura schreibersii, Euspondylus

Pantodactylus is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.

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Geographic range

Species in the genus Pantodactylus are endemic to South America.

Species

The genus Pantodactylus contains two recognized species.

  • Pantodactylus quadrilineatus (Boettger, 1876)
  • Pantodactylus schreibersii (Wiegmann, 1834)
  • Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pantodactylus.

    Taxonomy

    The genus Pantodactylus is sometimes included in the genus Cercosaura.

    References

    Pantodactylus Wikipedia