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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Tribe: | Ecpleopodini |
| Genus: | Colobosauroides da Cunha, Lima-Verde & Lima, 1991 |
Colobosauroides is a small genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. 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.
Species
The genus Colobosauroides includes only the following two species:
- Colobosauroides carvalhoi M. Soares & Caramaschi, 1998
- Colobosauroides cearensis da Cunha, Lima-Verde & Lima, 1991
Etymology
The specific name, carvalhoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Antenor Leitão de Carvalho.
References
- ^ "Colobosauroides ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
- ^ "Colobosauroides ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
- 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).
Further reading
- da Cunha OR, Lima-Verde JS, Lima ACM (1991). "Novo genero e espécie de lagarto do Estado do Ceará (Lacertilia: Teiidae)". Boletim Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Nova Série Zoologia 7 (2): 163–176. (Colobosauroides, new genus; C. cearensis, new species). (in Portuguese).
- Soares M, Caramaschi U (1998). "Espécie nova de Colobosauroides Cunha, Lima-Verde & Lima, 1991 do estado da Bahia, Brasil (Squamata, Sauria, Gymnophthalmidae)". Bol. Mus. Nac. Nov. Sér., Rio de Janeiro 388: 1–8. (Colobosauroides carvalhoi, new species). (in Portuguese).
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