Contomastix vacariensis

Contomastix vacariensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Lacertoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Contomastix
Species: Contomastix vacariensis

Name

Contomastix vacariensis (Feltrim & Lema, 2000)

• Holotype: MCP 10466, collected by equipe da Linha de Pesquisa em Herpetologia, da Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS).
• Type locality: “município de Vacaria, no estado do Rio Grande do Sul, 28°30’S, 50°56’W”, Brazil.

Combinations

• Cnemidophorus vacariensis Feltrim & Lema, 2000: 106 [original combination]
• Contomastix vacariensis — Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet Jr., 2012: 112 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Feltrim, A.C. & Lema, T. 2000. Uma nova espécie de Cnemidophorus Wagler, 1830 do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil (Sauria, Teiidae). Biociências 8(1): 103–114.

Links

• Morato, S.A.A. 2010. IUCN: Contomastix vacariensis  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178188A7493651. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178188A7493651.en. Accessed on 09 February 2026.

Vernacular names

• português do Brasil: Lagartinho-de-vacaria