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Loxopholis  Cope, 1869
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1172244

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyGymnophthalmidae Fitzinger, 1826 – Spectacled Lizards  
                                  GenusLoxopholis Cope, 1869  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesLoxopholis caparensis (Esqueda, 2005)  
                                     SpeciesLoxopholis ferreirai (Rodrigues and Avila-Pires, 2005)  
                                     SpeciesLoxopholis guianense (Ruibal, 1952)  
                                     SpeciesLoxopholis hexalepis (Ayala and Harris, 1982)  
                                     SpeciesLoxopholis ioanna (Uzzell and Barry, 1971)  
                                     SpeciesLoxopholis osvaldoi (Avila-Pires, 1995)  
                                     SpeciesLoxopholis parietalis (Cope, 1886) – Common Root Lizard 
                                     SpeciesLoxopholis percarinatum (Müller, 1923) – Muller's Tegu 
                                     SpeciesLoxopholis rugiceps Cope, 1869  
                                     SpeciesLoxopholis snethlageae (Avila-Pires, 1995)  
                                     SpeciesLoxopholis southi (Ruthven and Gaige, 1924) – Northern Spectacled Lizard 
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (Nov 2021), website (version Nov-2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P, Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2021) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 12 Dec 2021   
  Reference for: Loxopholis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pellegrino, Katia Cristina Machado, Tuliana Oliveira Brunes, Sergio Marques Souza, et al.   
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: On the distinctiveness of Amapasaurus, its relationship with Loxopholis Cope 1869, and description of a new genus for L. guianensis and L. hoogmoedi (Gymnophthalmoidea/Ecpleopodini: Squamata)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 4441, no. 2   
  Page(s): 332-346   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.2.8   
  Reference for: Loxopholis   
       

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