Biology:Alopoglossidae
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| Ptychoglossus vallensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| (unranked): | Gymnophthalmoidea |
| Family: | Alopoglossidae Goicoechea, Frost, De la Riva, Pellegrino, Sites, Rodrigues & Padial, 2016 |
Alopoglossidae is a family of lizards.[1] The family is endemic to Central America and tropical South America.
Taxonomy
The family Alopoglossidae was split from the family Gymnophthalmidae in 2016.
Genera
- Alopoglossus (9 species)
- Ptychoglossus (14 species)
References
- ↑ "Alopoglossidae". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Goicoechea N, Frost DR, De la Riva I, Pellegrino KCM, Sites J, Rodrigues MT, Padial JM (2016). "Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment". Cladistics 32 (6): 624-671. (Alopoglossidae, new family).
Wikidata ☰ Q43674291 entry
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