Copeoglossum oreades

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 Superclassis: 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 Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Copeoglossum
Species: Copeoglossum oreades

Name

Copeoglossum oreades Ferreira-Júnior, Vrcibradic, Sudré & Passos, 2025

• Holotype: MNRJ 6012 (field number 40369), adult ♂, collected by Nelson Jorge da Silva and other collaborators during the Lobo Guará faunal rescue operation in 1997.
• Type locality: “Serra da Mesa Hydroelectric Power Plant (− 13.834167, − 48.304444, 454 m), municipality of Minaçu, state of Goiás, Brazil”.

References

Primary references

• Ferreira-Júnior, J.C., Vrcibradic, D., Sudré, V. & Passos, P. 2025. A saucerful of secrets: comparative osteology of the genus Copeoglossum Tschudi, 1845 (Squamata: Scincidae) reveals a new species from Central Brazil. Zoologischer Anzeiger 317: 91–115. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2025.05.008 Reference page.