Prionodactylus

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Prionodactylus
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Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Prionodactylus
O'Shaughnessy, 1881 [1]

Prionodactylus is a former genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. Species that at least at some point have been placed in the genus are reassigned to Arthrosaura , Cercosaura , Echinosaura , Pholidobolus , Placosoma , Proctoporus , Ptychoglossus , and Riolama . [2]

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References

  1. Uzzell, Thomas (1973). "A revision of the genus Prionodactylus with a new genus for P. leucostictus and notes on the genus Euspondylus (Sauria, Teiidae)". Postilla . 159: 1–67. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.11535 .
  2. "Common name or synonym: Prionodactylus". The Reptile Database at the Reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2 April 2019.