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Leposoma sinepollex

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Species of lizard

Leposoma sinepollex
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. Leposoma sinepollex at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 July 2019.
  2. ^ 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): 459–475. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3635.4.7. PMID 26097958.
Taxon identifiers
Leposoma sinepollex


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