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Caparaonia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Caparaonia Rodrigues, Cassimiro, Pavan, Curcio, Verdade, & Machado Pellegrino, 2009
Species:	C. itaiquara
Binomial name
Caparaonia itaiquara Rodrigues, Cassimiro, Pavan, Curcio, Kruth Verdade, & Machado Pellegrino, 2009

Caparaonia is a genus of the lizard in family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is monotypic, i.e. it has only one species, Caparaonia itaiquara. It is endemic to Brazil and is known from the Caparaó National Park on the border between Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo states.

References

1. Colli, G.R.; Fenker, J.; Tedeschi, L.; Bataus, Y.S.L.; Uhlig, V.M.; Lima, A.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Borges-Nojosa, D.M.; Costa, G.C.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Winck, G.; Silva, J.R.S.; Viñas, L.V.; Ribeiro Júnior, M.A.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Tinôco, M.S.T.; Almeida-Santos, P.; Valadão, R.; de Oliveira, R.B.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Ferreira, V.L.; de Menezes, V.A. (2019). "Caparaonia itaiquara". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T134879285A135334075. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T134879285A135334075.pt. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Caparaonia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2018.
3. Caparaonia itaiquara at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2018.

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• IUCN Red List least concern species
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• Monotypic lizard genera
• Spectacled lizards of Brazil
• Endemic reptiles of Brazil
• Taxa named by Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues
• Taxa named by José Cassimiro
• Taxa named by Dante Pavan
• Taxa named by Felipe F. Curcio
• Taxa named by Vanessa Kruth Verdade
• Taxa named by Kátia Cristina Machado Pellegrino
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