Ptychoglossus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Infraorder Scincomorpha Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles		Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Lacertilia/Sauria Family Gymnophthalmidae Rank Genus

Similar Alopoglossus, Scaled reptiles, Anadia, Leposoma, Gymnophthalmidae

Ptychoglossus is a genus of New World lizards. Species in the genus Ptychoglossus range from Costa Rica through Peru and Brazil, being usually restricted to forested habitats.

Species

The following 15 species are recognized as being valid.

Ptychoglossus bicolor (F. Werner, 1916)

Ptychoglossus bilineatus Boulenger, 1890

Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis Boulenger, 1912

Ptychoglossus danieli Harris, 1994

Ptychoglossus eurylepis Harris & Rueda, 1985

Ptychoglossus festae (Peracca, 1896)

Ptychoglossus gorgonae Harris, 1994

Ptychoglossus grandisquamatus Rueda, 1985

Ptychoglossus kugleri Roux, 1927

Ptychoglossus myersi Harris, 1994

Ptychoglossus nicefori (Loveridge, 1929)

Ptychoglossus plicatus (Taylor, 1949)

Ptychoglossus romaleos Harris, 1994

Ptychoglossus stenolepis (Boulenger, 1908)

Ptychoglossus vallensis Harris, 1994

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

References

Ptychoglossus Wikipedia

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