Glaucomastix littoralis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Glaucomastix
Species: Glaucomastix littoralis

Name

Glaucomastix littoralis (Rocha, Araújo, Vrcibradic & Costa, 2000)

• Holotype: MNRJ 6536, adult ♂, collected by C.F.D. Rocha on 5 February 1995.
• Type locality: “the restinga of Barra de Maricá (22°57’S, 43°50’W), municipality of Maricá, Rio de Janeiro State”, Brazil.

Combinations

• Cnemidophorus littoralis Rocha, Araújo, Vrcibradic & Costa, 2000: 504 [original combination]
• Ameivula littoralis — Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet, 2012: 93 [subsequent combination]
• Glaucomastix littoralis — Goicoechea et al., 2016: 671 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Rocha, C.F.D., Araújo, A.F.B., Vrcibradic, D. & Costa, E.M.M. 2000. New Cnemidophorus (Squamata; Teiidae) from Coastal Rio de Janeiro State, Southeastern Brazil. Copeia 2000(2): 501–509. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[0501:NCSTFC]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Harvey, M.B., Ugueto, G.N. & Gutberlet, Jr., R.L. 2012. Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459(1): 1–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3459.1.1 Reference page. 
• Goicoechea, N., Frost, D.R., De la Riva, I.J., Pellegrino, K.C.M., Sites Jr., J.W., Rodrigues, M.T. & Padial, J.M. 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. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12150 Reference page. 

Links

• Silveira, A.L., Nogueira, C. de C., Borges-Nojosa, D.M., Costa, G.C., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Colli, G.R., Silva, J.R.S., Viñas, L.V., Ribeiro Júnior, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S., Almeida-Santos, P., Valadão, R., de Oliveira, R.B., Avila-Pires, T.C.S., Ferreira, V.L. & de Menezes, V.A. 2025. IUCN: Glaucomastix littoralis  (Endangered) (amended version of 2021 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T50010430A284984710. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T50010430A284984710.en. Accessed on 09 February 2026.

Vernacular names

• português: Lagarto-de-cauda-verde