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Gymnophthalmus  Merrem, 1820
Taxonomic Serial No.: 206976

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): spectacled lizards [English]
  
    lagartijas de anteojos [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyGymnophthalmidae Fitzinger, 1826 – Spectacled Lizards  
                                  GenusGymnophthalmus Merrem, 1820 – spectacled lizards, lagartijas de anteojos  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Gymnophthalmus cryptus Hoogmoed, Cole and Ayarzaguena, 1992 – Cryptic Spectacled Tegu 
                                     Species Gymnophthalmus leucomystax Vanzolini and Carvalho, 1991 – White Spectacied Tegu 
                                     Species Gymnophthalmus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                     Species Gymnophthalmus marconaterai García-Pérez and Schargel, 2017  
                                     Species Gymnophthalmus pleii Bocourt, 1881 – Rough-scaled Tegulet 
                                     Species Gymnophthalmus speciosus (Hallowell, 1861) – Lagartija-anteojada dorada, Golden Tegulet, Golden Spectacled Tegu, Lagartija Dorada, Golden Spectacled Lizard 
                                     Species Gymnophthalmus underwoodi Grant, 1958 – Smooth-scaled Tegulet, Underwood's Spectaded Tegu, Underwood's Spectacled Tegu 
                                     Species Gymnophthalmus vanzoi Carvalho, 1999  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Gymnophthalmus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Gymnophthalmus   
       
  Source: Reptile Database (Nov 2021), website (version Nov-2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P, Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2021) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 12 Dec 2021   
  Reference for: Gymnophthalmus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Applegarth, J. S.  
  Publication Date: 1983   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Index to the Genera of Reptilia - A Device to Assist Curators. Sauria (Lacertilia and Amphisbaenia), Third Edition   
  Page(s): 54   
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  Reference for: Gymnophthalmus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gymnophthalmus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Liner, Ernest A., and Gustravo Casas-Andreu, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: Standard Spanish, English, and Scientific Names of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico, 2nd edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetological Circular, no. 38   
  Page(s): 1-162   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-916984-755   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: lagartijas de anteojos[Spanish], spectacled lizards [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Peters, J. A., and R. Donoso-Barros  
  Publication Date: 1986   
  Article/Chapter Title: Lizards and Amphisbaenians - Part 2. Revised edition with new material by P. E. Vanzolini   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata   
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  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
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  Reference for: Gymnophthalmus   
       

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