Leposoma sinepollex | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
Genus: | Leposoma |
Species: | L. sinepollex |
Binomial name | |
Leposoma sinepollex Rodrigues, Teixeira Jr., Recoder, Dal Vechio, Damasceno, & Machado Pellegrino, 2013 |
Leposoma sinepollex is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. It is endemic to Brazil. It has lanceolate ventral and elongate dorsal scales arranged in diagonal rows. Males of this species have black pigmentation in their ventral parts, while females have a creamy pigmentation.
References
- Leposoma sinepollex at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 July 2019.
- ^ RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; TEIXEIRA, MAURO JR.; RECODER, RENATO SOUSA; VECHIO, FRANCISCO DAL; DAMASCENO, ROBERTA; PELLEGRINO, KATIA CRISTINA MACHADO (28 March 2013). "A new species of Leposoma (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with four fingers from the Atlantic Forest central corridor in Bahia, Brazil". Zootaxa. 3635 (4): 459β475. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3635.4.7. PMID 26097958.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Leposoma sinepollex |
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- Leposoma
- Spectacled lizards of Brazil
- Endemic reptiles of Brazil
- Reptiles described in 2013
- Taxa named by Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues
- Taxa named by Mauro Teixeira Jr.
- Taxa named by Renato Recoder
- Taxa named by Francisco Dal Vechio
- Taxa named by Roberta Damasceno
- Taxa named by KΓ‘tia Cristina Machado Pellegrino
- Gymnophthalmidae stubs