Biology:Callopistes

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Short description: Genus of lizards

Callopistes
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Recent
Callopistes flavipunctatus.jpg
False monitor (Callopistes flavipunctatus)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Subfamily: Callopistinae
Genus: Callopistes
Gravenhorst, 1838
Species
  • C. flavipunctatus Duméril & Bibron 1839
  • C. maculatus Gravenhorst 1838
  • C. bicuspidatus Deschamps & Tomassini 2016
  • C. rionegrensis Quadros et al. 2018

Callopistes is a lizard genus in the family Teiidae. It includes two extant species, which are native to Ecuador, Peru and Chile .

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Callopistes flavipunctatus.jpg Callopistes flavipunctatus (Duméril & Bibron 1839) False monitor Peru and Ecuador.
Callopistes maculatus.jpg Callopistes maculatus Gravenhorst 1838 Spotted false monitor Chile

Fossils

Image Scientific name Distribution
Callopistes bicuspidatus, Monte Hermoso Formation, Argentina[2]
Callopistes rionegrensis, Chichinales Formation, Argentina[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q692750 entry