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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Vanzosaura Rodrigues, 1991 |
Vanzosaura is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.
Etymology
The generic name, Vanzosaura, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Paulo Vanzolini.
Species
The genus Vanzosaura contains three accepted species.
- Vanzosaura multiscutata (Amaral, 1933)
- Vanzosaura rubricauda (Boulenger, 1902) - red-tailed vanzosaur, redtail tegu
- Vanzosaura savanicola Recoder, Werneck, Teixeira Jr, Colli, Sites, & Rodrigues, 2014
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Vanzosaura.
References
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Vanzosaura, p. 273).
- Genus Vanzosaura at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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