Alopoglossus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Alopoglossidae
Genus: Alopoglossus
Species (32): A. amazonius – A. andeanus – A. angulatus – A. atriventris – A. avilapiresae – A. bicolor – A. bilineatus – A. brevifrontalis – A. buckleyi – A. carinicaudatus – A. collii – A. copii – A. danieli – A. embera – A. eurylepis – A. festae – A. gansorum – A. gorgonae – A. grandisquamatus – A. harrisi – A. indigenorum – A. klugeri – A. lehmanni – A. meloi – A. myersi – A. plicatus – A. romaleos – A. stenolepis – A. tapajosensis – A. theodorusi – A. vallensis – A. viridiceps

Name

Alopoglossus Boulenger, 1885: 383

• Type species: Alopoglossus copii Boulenger, 1885, by subsequent designation.

Synonyms

• Ptychoglossus Boulenger, 1890: 84 [synonymised by Hernández-Morales et al. (2020: 307)]
  • Type species: Ptychoglossus bilineatus Boulenger, 1890, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 2. Iguanidae, Xenosauridae, Zonuridae, Anguidae, Aniellidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Xantusiidae, Teiidae, Amphisbaenidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 497 pp., 24 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Hernández-Morales, C., Sturaro, M.J., Nunes, P.M.S., Lotzkat, S. & Peloso, P.L.V. 2020. A species-level total evidence phylogeny of the microteiid lizard family Alopoglossidae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea). Cladistics 36(3): 301–321. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12407 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Köhler, G., Diethert, H.-H. & Veselý, M. 2012. A Contribution To the Knowledge of the Lizard Genus Alopoglossus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Herpetological Monographs 26(1): 173–188. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-10-00011.1 Reference page. 
• Torres-Carvajal, O. & Lobos, S.E. 2014. A new species of Alopoglossus lizard (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the tropical Andes, with a molecular phylogeny of the genus. ZooKeys 410: 105–120. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.410.7401 Reference page. 
• Peloso, P.L.V. & Hernández Morales, C. 2017. Description of a New Species of Alopoglossus Boulenger, 1885 from Western Colombia (Gymnophthalmoidea). South American Journal of Herpetology 12(2): 89–98. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-16-00059.1 Reference page. 
• Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A. 2018. A new species of Alopoglossus lizard (Squamata, Alopoglossidae) from the Southern Guiana Shield, northeastern Amazonia, with remarks on diagnostic characters to the genus Zootaxa 4422(1): 25–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4422.1.2. Reference page. 
• Hernández-Morales, C., Sturaro, M.J., Nunes, P.M.S., Lotzkat, S. & Peloso, P.L.V. 2020. A species-level total evidence phylogeny of the microteiid lizard family Alopoglossidae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea). Cladistics 36(3): 301–321. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12407 Reference page. 
• Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A., Meiri, S. & Fouquet, A. 2020. A New Species of Alopoglossus Boulenger (1885) (Squamata, Alopoglossidae) from the Lowlands of the Eastern Guiana Shield, with Assessment of the Taxonomic Status of A. copii surinamensis. Journal of Herpetology 54(4): 427–445. DOI: 10.1670/20-032 Reference page. 
• Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A., Choueri, E., Lobos, S., Venegas, P., Torres-Carvajal, O. & Werneck, F. 2020. Eight in one: morphological and molecular analyses reveal cryptic diversity in Amazonian alopoglossid lizards (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190(1): 227–270. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz155 Reference page. 
• Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A., Sánchez‐Martínez, P.M., Moraes, L.J.C.L., Oliveira, U.S.C., Carvalho, V.T., Pavan, D., Choueri, E.H.L., Werneck, F.P. & Meiri, S. 2021. Uncovering hidden species diversity of alopoglossid lizards in Amazonia, with the description of three new species of Alopoglossus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(6): 1322–1356. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12481 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Alopoglossus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 April 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Western Shade Lizards