Leposoma

Leposoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe:	Ecpleopodini
Genus:	Leposoma Spix, 1825

Leposoma is a genus of South American lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.

Species

The following six species are recognized as being valid:

• Leposoma annectans Ruibal, 1952
• Leposoma baturitensis Rodrigues & Borges, 1997
• Leposoma nanodactylus Rodrigues, 1997
• Leposoma puk Rodrigues et al., 2002
• Leposoma scincoides Spix, 1825 - skink tegu
• Leposoma sinepollex Rodrigues et al., 2013

References

Further reading

• Spix JB (1825). Animalia nova sive species novae lacertarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII – MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Miximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit. Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. Index (four unnumbered pages) + 26 pp. + 30 color plates. (Leposoma, new genus, p. 24). (in Latin).

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