Micrablepharus

Micrablepharus
Micrablepharus atticolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe:	Gymnophthalmini
Genus:	Micrablepharus Boettger, 1885

Micrablepharus is a small genus of lizards endemic to South America. ^[1]

Species

There are two species: ^[1]

• Micrablepharus atticolus Rodrigues, 1996
• Micrablepharus maximiliani (J.T. Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862)

Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus, in this case a genus other than Micrablepharus.

References

1. Micrablepharus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 11 March 2015.

Further reading

• Boettger O (1885). "Liste von Reptilien und Batrachiern aus Paraguay ". Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften (Halle) 58: 213–248. (Micrablepharus, new genus, p. 217). (in German and Latin).
• 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 Micrablepharus, p. 426).
• Reinhardt J, Lütken C (1862). "Bidrag til Kundskab om Brasiliens Padder og Krybdyr. Förste Afdeling: Padderne og Öglerne ". Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn1861 (10–15): 143–242. (Gymnophthalmus maximiliani, new species, pp. 211–214 + Plate V, figures 6a–6g). (in Danish).
• Rodrigues MT (1996). "A New Species of Lizard, Genus Micrablepharus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), from Brazil ". Herpetologica52 (4): 535–541. (Micrablepharus atticolus, new species).