| Endemic
genus created for a species previously belonging to
Gymnophthalmus.
Vanzosaura
Rodrigues, 1991
(Type
= Gymnophthalmus rubricaudus Boulenger,
1902) |
|
Vanzosaura
rubricauda (Boulenger, 1902)
Gymnophthalmus
multiscutatus Amaral, 1933
Gymnophthalmus rubricaudus Boulenger,
1902 |
Distribution:
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Brazil and
Paraguay. |
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| Literature |
| Aguirre,
R.H. & J.A. Cespedez. 2001. Geographic Distribution.
Vanzosaura rubricauda. Herpetol. Rev., 32(2):
121. |
| Avila,
L.J. 1998. Geographic Distribution. Vanzosaura rubricauda.
Herpetol. Rev., 29(1): 52. |
| 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. |
| Boulenger,
G.A. 1902. List of the Fishes, Batrachians, and Reptiles
collected by the late Mr. P.O. Simons in the Provinces
of Mendoza and Cordova, Argentina. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.,
(7)9(53): 336-339. |
| Gallego,
F. 1999. Geographic Distribution. Vanzosaura rubricauda.
Herpetol. Rev., 30(4): 234-235. |
| 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 |
Rodrigues, M.T. 1991. Herpetofauna das dunas interiores
do Rio São Francisco: Bahia: Brasil. III. Procellosaurinus:
um novo gênero de microteiideo sem pálpebra,
com a redefinicão do gênero Gymnophthalmus
(Sauria, Teiidae). Pap. Avuls. Zool., 37: 329-342. |
| Vitt,
L.J. 1982. Sexual Dimorphism and Reproduction in the Microteiid
Lizard, Gymnophthalmus multiscutatus. J. Herpetol.,
16(3): 325-329. |
| Vitt,
L.J. 1983. Tail Loss in Lizards: the Significance of Foraging
and Predator Escape Modes. Herpetologica, 39(2): 151-162. |
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