Colobosauroides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe: Ecpleopodini
Genus: Colobosauroides
da Cunha, Lima-Verde & Lima, 1991[1][2]

Colobosauroides is a small genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[1][2] The genus Colobosauroides is endemic to Brazil.

Geographic range

Species in the genus Colobosauroides are found in northeastern Brazil, in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Ceará.[2]

Species

The genus Colobosauroides includes only the following two species:[2]

Etymology

The specific name, carvalhoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Antenor Leitão de Carvalho.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Colobosauroides ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
  2. ^ a b c d "Colobosauroides ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Colobosauroides carvalhoi, p. 49).

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