.::::: Lizards of the World - Scincomorpha - Tretioscincus :::::.
Last update: 20 May, 2004

A genus of only three species, distributed in South America.

Tretioscincus Cope, 1862
Calliscincopus Ruthven, 1916
Tretioscincus agilis (Ruthven, 1916)
Calliscincopus agilis Ruthven, 1916
Tretioscincus brasiliensis Müller, 1923
Tretioscincus romani Andersson, 1918
Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam and Venezuela.
Tretioscincus bifasciatus (Duméril, 1851)

  • bifasciatus (Duméril, 1851)
    Heteropus bifasciatus Duméril, 1851
    Tretioscincus castanicterus Cope, 1862
  • kugleri Shreve, 1947
    • Distribution: Colombia (bifasciatus), French Guiana, Guyana, Isla Margarita (kugleri), Isla Providencia (bifasciatus), Surinam and Venezuela (kugleri).
    Tretioscincus oriximinensis Avila-Pirez, 1995
    Distribution: Brazil and Venezuela .
    Literature
    Benozzati, M.L. & M.T. Rodrigues. 2003. Mitochondrial Restriction-Site Characterization of a Brazilian Group of Eyelid-Less Gymnophthalmid Lizards. J. Herpetol., 37(1): 161-168.
    Massary, J.-C. de. 1999. Hagedissen en bosversnippering in Frans-Guyana. Lacerta, 57(3): 97-105.
    Peters, J.A. & R. Donoso-Barros. 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Part II. Lizards and Amphisbenians. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 297: 1-293
    Schwartz, A. & R.W. Henderson. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Univ. Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
    Vanzolini, P.E. 1986. Addenda and Corrigenda to Part II Lizards and Amphisbaenia. In: Peters, J.A., R. Donoso-Barros & B. Orejas-Miranda (eds.). Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Smithsonian Herp. Info. Serv., 70: 1-25.