Ecpleopus

Ecpleopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamily: Ecpleopinae[1]
Genus: Ecpleopus
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[2]
Species: E. gaudichaudii
Binomial name
Ecpleopus gaudichaudii
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[1]

Ecpleopus is a genus of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus contains only one species, Ecpleopus gaudichaudii, which is endemic to Brazil.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, gaudichaudii, is in honor of French botanist Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ecpleopus gaudichaudii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. "Ecpleopus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ecpleopus gaudichaudii, p. 99).

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