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Genus of lizards

Callopistes
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
False monitor (Callopistes flavipunctatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Subfamily: Callopistinae
Genus: Callopistes
Gravenhorst, 1838
Species

Callopistes is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. The genus contains two extant species, which are native to Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, as well as two fossil species found in Argentina.

Species

Listed alphabetically.

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Callopistes flavipunctatus

(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

False monitor Peru and Ecuador.
Callopistes maculatus

Gravenhorst, 1838

Spotted false monitor Chile

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

Fossils

Image Scientific name Distribution
†Callopistes bicuspidatus Monte Hermoso Formation, Argentina
†Callopistes rionegrensis Chichinales Formation, Argentina

References

  1. Callopistes. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Farola Monte Hermoso at Fossilworks.org
  3. Quadros, Ana B.; Chafrat, Pablo; Zaher, Hussam (2018). "A new teiid lizard of the genus Callopistes Gravenhorst, 1838 (Squamata, Teiidae), from the lower Miocene of Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (4): (1)-(18). doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1484754. S2CID 91195492.

Further reading

  • Gravenhorst JLC (1838). "Beiträge zur genaueren Kenntniss einiger Eidechsengattungen ". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher / Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae 18 (2): 712–784. (Callopistes, new genus, pp. 743–744). (in German).


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Callopistes


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