Gymnophthalmus

Gymnophthalmus
Gymnophthalmus pleii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe:	Gymnophthalmini
Genus:	Gymnophthalmus Merrem, 1820
Species
Eight, see text.

Gymnophthalmus is genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is native to Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America. Eight species are recognized as being valid. ^[1]

Species

The genus Gymnophthalmus contains the following species. ^[1]

• Gymnophthalmus cryptus Hoogmoed, Cole & Ayarzagüena, 1992 – cryptic spectacled tegu
• Gymnophthalmus leucomystax Vanzolini & Carvalho, 1991 – white spectacled tegu
• Gymnophthalmus lineatus ( Linnaeus, 1758)
• Gymnophthalmus marconaterai García-Pérez & Schargel, 2017
• Gymnophthalmus pleii Bocourt, 1881 – Martinique spectacled tegu, rough-scaled worm lizard
• Gymnophthalmus speciosus ( Hallowell, 1861) – golden spectacled tegu
• Gymnophthalmus underwoodi Grant, 1958 – Underwood's spectacled tegu
• Gymnophthalmus vanzoi Carvalho, 1999

References

1. Genus Gymnophthalmus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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 Gymnophthalmus, p. 427).
• Merrem B (1820). Versuchs eines Systems der Amphibien: Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum. Marburg: J.C. Krieger. xv + 191 pp. + one plate. (Gymnophthalmus, new genus, p. 74). (in German and Latin).

External links

• Data related to Gymnophthalmus at Wikispecies