Gymnophthalmidae Merrem 1820
Description
Gymnophthalmidae Merrem, 1820
Alopoglossinae Pellegrino, Rodrigues, Yonenaga-Yassuda, and Sites Jr., 2001. Content: Alopoglossus Boulenger, 1885; Ptychoglossus Boulenger, 1890.
Ecpleopodinae Fitzinger, 1843. Content: Adercosaurus Myers and Donnelly, 2001; Amapasaurus Cunha, 1970; Anotosaura Amaral, 1933; Arthrosaura Boulenger, 1885; Colobosauroides Cunha and Lima Verde, 1991; Dryadosaura Rodrigues, Freire, Pellegrino, Sites Jr. 2005; Ecpleopus Duméril and Bibron, 1839; Kaieteurosaurus Kok, 2005; Leposoma Spix, 1825; Marinussaurus Peloso, Pellegrino, Rodrigues and Ávila- Pires, 2011; Pantepuisaurus Kok, 2009.
Bachiinae, subfam. nov.
Diagnosis: Bauplan associated with fossorial habits. Body serpentiform, elongate, cylindrical. Four reduced limbs, especially hind limbs, with variable number of digits, some lacking claws. External ear absent; lower eyelid with unsegmented semi-transparent disc. Head scales reduced in number; frontoparietals absent. Ventrals smooth.
Distribution: Central America, from Costa Rica into South America east of the Andes, south to Paraguay, and on some Caribbean islands.
Content: Bachia Gray, 1845.
Rhachisaurinae Pellegrino, Rodrigues, Yonenaga-Yassuda, and Sites Jr., 2001. Content: Rhachisaurus Pellegrino, Rodrigues, Yonenaga-Yassuda, and Sites Jr., 2001.
Gymnophthalminae Merrem, 1820
Chirocolini Gray, 1838. Content: Caparaonia Rodrigues, Cassimiro, Pavan, Curcio, Verdade and Pellegrino, 2009; Colobodactylus Amaral, 1933; Heterodactylus Spix, 1825.
Iphisini Gray 1851. Content: Acratosaura Rodrigues, Pellegrino, Dixo, Verdade, Pavan, Argolo and Sites Jr., 2007; Alexandresaurus Rodrigues, Pellegrino, Dixo, Verdade, Pavan, Argolo and Sites Jr., 2007; Colobosaura Boulenger, 1887; Iphisa Gray, 1851; Rondonops gen. nov.; Stenolepis Boulenger, 1888.
Gymnophthalmini Merrem, 1820. Content: Calyptommatus Rodrigues, 1991; Gymnophthalmus Merrem, 1820; Micrablepharus Dunn, 1932; Nothobachia Rodrigues, 1984; Procellosaurinus Rodrigues, 1991; Psilophthalmus Rodrigues, 1991; Scriptosaura Rodrigues and Santos, 2008; Tretioscincus Cope, 1862; Vanzosaura Rodrigues, 1991.
Cercosaurinae Gray, 1838. Content: Anadia Gray, 1845; Cercosaura Wagler, 1830; Echinosaura Boulenger, 1890; Euspondylus Tschudi, 1845; Macropholidus Noble, 1921; Neusticurus Duméril and Bibron, 1839; Petracola Doan and Castoe, 2005; Pholidobolus Peters, 1862; Placosoma Tschudi, 1847; Potamites Doan and Castoe, 2005; Proctoporus Tschudi, 1845; Riama Gray, 1858; Riolama Uzzell, 1973; Teuchocercus Fritts and Smith, 1969.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Gymnophthalmidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Squamata
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Merrem
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Gymnophthalmidae Merrem, 1820 sec. Colli, Hoogmoed, Cannatella, Cassimiro, Gomes, Ghellere, Nunes, Pellegrino, Salerno, Souza & Rodrigues, 2015
References
- Pellegrino, K. C. M., Rodrigues, M. T., Yonenaga-Yassuda, Y. & Sites, J. W. Jr. (2001) A molecular perspective on the evolution of microteiid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae), and a new classification for the family. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 74 (3), 315 - 338. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1006 / bijl. 2001.0580
- Boulenger, G. A. (1885) Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II. Iguanidae, Xenosauridae, Zonuridae, Anguidae, Anniellidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Xantusiidae, Teiidae, Amphisbaenidae. Printed by Order of the Trustees, London, 497 pp.
- Fitzinger, L. (1843) Systema Reptilium. Braumuller et Seidel Bibliopolas, Vindobonae, 132 pp.
- Rodrigues, M. T., Freire, E. M. X., Pellegrino, K. C. M. & Sites, J. W. Jr. (2005) Phylogenetic relationships of a new genus and species of microteiid lizard from the Atlantic forest of north-eastern Brazil (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 144 (4), 543 - 557. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.2005.00177. x
- Dumeril, A. M. C. & Bibron, C. (1839) Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Tome Cinquieme. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 854 pp.
- Gray, J. E. (1845) Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. Printed by order of the Trustees, London, 289 pp.
- Gray, J. E. (1838) Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Annals of Natural History, 1 (5), 388 - 394.
- Rodrigues, M. T., Cassimiro, J., Pavan, D., Curcio, F. F., Verdade, V. K. & Pellegrino, K. C. M. (2009 b) A new genus of microteiid lizard from the Caparao mountains, southeastern Brazil, with a discussion of relationships among Gymnophthalminae (Squamata). American Museum Novitates, 3673, 1 - 27. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1206 / 622.1
- Gray, J. E. (1851) Description of a new genus and family of cyclosaurian lizards, from Para. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1851, 39 - 39.
- Rodrigues, M. T. (1991) Herpetofauna das dunas interiores do Rio Sao Francisco, Bahia, Brasil. III. Procellosaurinus: um novo genero de microteiideos sem palpebra, com a redefinicao do genero Gymnophthalmus (Sauria, Teiidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, Sao Paulo, 37 (21), 329 - 342.
- Rodrigues, M. T., Camacho, A., Nunes, P. M. S., Recoder, R. S., Teixeira, M., Valdujo, P. H., Ghellere, J. M. B., Mott, T. & Nogueira, C. (2008) A new species of the lizard genus Bachia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Cerrados of central Brazil. Zootaxa, 1875, 39 - 50.
- Tschudi, J. J. (1847) Die familie der Ecpleopoda. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 13, 41 - 60.
- Uzzell, T. (1973) A revision of lizards of the genus Prionodactylus, with a new genus for P. leucostictus and notes on the genus Euspondylus (Sauria, Teiidae). Postilla, 159, 1 - 67.