Arthrosaura

Arthrosaura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamily:	Ecpleopinae
Genus:	Arthrosaura Boulenger, 1885
Diversity
Seven species (see text)

Arthrosaura is a genus of spectacled lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.

Geographic range

Lizards in the genus Arthrosaura are native to northern South America.

Taxonomy

Within the genus Arthrosaura there appears to be two species groups: a longer-legged, short-bodied group with four supraocular scales (A. kockii, and A. testigensis); and a short-legged, gracile group with three supraoculars (A. reticulata, A. synaptolepis, A. tyleri, and A. versteegii).

Species

There are seven species which are recognized as being valid:

• Arthrosaura kockii (Lidth de Jeude, 1904)
• Arthrosaura montigena Myers & Donnelly, 2008
• Arthrosaura reticulata (O’Shaughnessy, 1881) – yellowbelly arthrosaura
• Arthrosaura synaptolepis Donnelly, McDiarmid & Myers, 1992
• Arthrosaura testigensis Gorzula & Señaris, 1999
• Arthrosaura tyleri (C. Burt & M. Burt, 1931)
• Arthrosaura versteegii Lidth de Jeude, 1904

References

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Arthrosaura, new genus, p. 389).

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