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Gymnophthalmidae  Fitzinger, 1826
Taxonomic Serial No.: 564540

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Spectacled Lizards [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  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  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Genus Acratosaura Rodrigues, Pellegrino, Dixo, Verdade, Pavan, Argolo and Sites Jr., 2007  
                                  Genus Adercosaurus Myers and Donnelly, 2001  
                                  Genus Alexandresaurus Rodrigues, Pellegrino, Dixo, Verdade, Pavan, Argolo and Sites, 2007  
                                  Genus Amapasaurus Cunha, 1970  
                                  Genus Anadia Gray, 1845  
                                  Genus Andinosaura Sánchez-Pacheco, Torres-Carvajal, Aguirre-Peñafiel, Nunes, Verrastro, Rivas, Rodrigues et al., 2018  
                                  Genus Anotosaura Amaral, 1933  
                                  Genus Arthrosaura Boulenger, 1885  
                                  Genus Bachia Gray, 1845  
                                  Genus Calyptommatus Rodrigues, 1991  
                                  Genus Caparaonia Rodrigues, Cassimiro, Pavan, Curcio, Kruth Verdade and Machado Pellegrino, 2009  
                                  Genus Centrosaura Vásquez-Restrepo, Ibáñez, Sánchez-Pacheco and Daza, 2019  
                                  Genus Cercosaura Wagler, 1830  
                                  Genus Colobodactylus Amaral, 1933  
                                  Genus Colobosaura Boulenger, 1887  
                                  Genus Colobosauroides Cunha, Lima-Verde and Lima, 1991  
                                  Genus Dendrosauridion Lehr, Moravec, Lundberg, Köhler, Catenazzi and Smíd, 2019  
                                  Genus Dryadosaura Rodrigues, Xavier Freire, Machado Pellegrino and Sites, 2005  
                                  Genus Echinosaura Boulenger, 1890  
                                  Genus Ecpleopus Duméril and Bibron, 1839  
                                  Genus Euspondylus Tschudi, 1845  
                                  Genus Gelanesaurus Torres-Carvajal, Lobos, Venegas, Chávez, Aguirre-Peñafiel, Zurita and Echevarría, 2016  
                                  Genus Gymnophthalmus Merrem, 1820 – spectacled lizards, lagartijas de anteojos 
                                  Genus Heterodactylus Spix, 1825  
                                  Genus Iphisa Gray, 1851  
                                  Genus Kaieteurosaurus Kok, 2005  
                                  Genus Kataphraktosaurus Rojas-Runjaic, Barrio-Amorós, Señaris, Riva and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2021  
                                  Genus Leposoma Spix, 1825  
                                  Genus Loxopholis Cope, 1869  
                                  Genus Macropholidus Noble, 1921  
                                  Genus Magdalenasaura Fang, Vásquez-Restrepo and Daza, 2020  
                                  Genus Marinussaurus Peloso, Pellegrino, Rodrigues and Ávila-Pires, 2011  
                                  Genus Micrablepharus Boulenger, 1885  
                                  Genus Neusticurus Duméril and Bibron, 1839  
                                  Genus Nothobachia Rodrigues, 1984  
                                  Genus Oreosaurus Peters, 1862  
                                  Genus Pantepuisaurus Kok, 2009  
                                  Genus Petracola Doan and Castoe, 2005  
                                  Genus Pholidobolus Peters, 1862  
                                  Genus Placosoma Tschudi, 1847  
                                  Genus Potamites Doan and Castoe, 2005  
                                  Genus Procellosaurinus Rodrigues, 1991  
                                  Genus Proctoporus Tschudi, 1845  
                                  Genus Psilops Rodrigues, Recoder, Teixeira Jr., Roscito, Guerrero, Nunes, Freitas, Fernandes et al., 2017  
                                  Genus Rhachisaurus Pellegrino, Rodrigues, Yonenaga-Yasuda and Sites, 2001  
                                  Genus Rheosaurus Vásquez-Restrepo, Ibáñez, Sánchez-Pacheco and Daza, 2019  
                                  Genus Riama Gray, 1858  
                                  Genus Riolama Uzzell, 1973  
                                  Genus Rondonops Colli, Hoogmoed, Cannatella, Cassimiro, Gomes, Ghellere, Nunes, Pellegrino, Salerno et al., 2015  
                                  Genus Scriptosaura Rodrigues and Maranhão Dos Santos, 2008  
                                  Genus Selvasaura Moravec, Smid, Stundl and Lehr, 2018  
                                  Genus Stenolepis Boulenger, 1887  
                                  Genus Tretioscincus Cope, 1862  
                                  Genus Vanzosaura Rodrigues, 1991  
                                  Genus Wilsonosaura Lehr, Moravec and von May, 2020  
                                  Genus Yanomamia Pellegrino, Brunes, Souza, Laguna, Avila-Pires, Hoogmoed and Rodrigues, 2018  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz  
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Gymnophthalmidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Gymnophthalmidae   
       
  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: Gymnophthalmidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gymnophthalmidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Goicoechea, Noemí, Darrel R. Frost, Ignacio De la Riva, Katia C. M. Pellegrino, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Cladistics, vol. 32, no. 6   
  Page(s): 624-671   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0748-3007   
  Notes: doi: 10.1111/cla.12150   
  Reference for: Gymnophthalmidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pough, F. H., R. M. Andrews, J. E. Cadle, M. L. Crump, A. H. Savitzky, and K. D. Wells  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetology   
  Page(s): 577   
  Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-13-850876-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gymnophthalmidae   
       

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