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Genus of reptiles

Colobosaura
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe:	Iphisini
Genus:	Colobosaura Boulenger, 1887

Colobosaura Kraepelini

Colobosaura is a genus of lizard, endemic to South America, in the family Gymnophthalmidae.

Species

Two species are recognized as being valid.

Colobosaura kraepelini (Werner, 1910) - Chaco colobosaura
Colobosaura modesta (J.T. Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862) - Bahia colobosaura

References

"Colobosaura ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
^ "Colobosaura modesta ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Colobosaura, new genus, p. 508).

Taxon identifiers
Colobosaura	Wikidata: Q641793 Wikispecies: Colobosaura CoL: 3SFL EoL: 58198 GBIF: 2450791 iNaturalist: 34746 IRMNG: 1061842 NCBI: 174744 Open Tree of Life: 745053

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