Heterodactylus

Heterodactylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe:	Heterodactylini
Genus:	Heterodactylus Spix, 1825

Illustration of Heterodactylus imbricatus (c. 1700-1880)

Heterodactylus is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to Brazil. ^[1]

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

References

1. 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).