Vanzosaura

Vanzosaura
Vanzosaura rubricauda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Vanzosaura Rodrigues, 1991

Vanzosaura is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The generic name, Vanzosaura, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Paulo Vanzolini. ^[1]

Species

The genus Vanzosaura contains three accepted species. ^[2]

• Vanzosaura multiscutata (Amaral, 1933)
• Vanzosaura rubricauda (Boulenger, 1902) - red-tailed vanzosaur, redtail tegu
• Vanzosaura savanicola Recoder, Werneck, Teixeira Jr, Colli, Sites, & Rodrigues, 2014

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

References

1. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Vanzosaura, p. 273).
2. Genus Vanzosaura at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.