Callopistes
Callopistes Temporal range:
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False monitor (Callopistes flavipunctatus) | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Teiidae |
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Genus: | Callopistes Gravenhorst, 1838 |
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Callopistes is a lizard genus in the family Teiidae. It includes two extant species, which are native to Ecuador, Peru and Chile.
Species[]
Listed alphabetically.[1]
- Callopistes flavipunctatus (Duméril & Bibron 1839) – False monitor
- Callopistes maculatus Gravenhorst 1838 – Spotted false monitor
- †, , Argentina[2]
- †, , Argentina[3]
References[]
- ^ Callopistes, The Reptile Database
- ^ Farola Monte Hermoso at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Ana B. Quadros; Pablo Chafrat; Hussam Zaher (2018). "A new teiid lizard of the genus Callopistes Gravenhorst, 1838 (Squamata, Teiidae), from the lower Miocene of Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Online edition (4): (1)-(18). doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1484754. S2CID 91195492.
Categories:
- Callopistes
- Lizard genera
- Lizards of South America
- Taxa named by Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst
- Lizard stubs