Caparaonia
| Caparaonia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Caparaonia Rodrigues, Cassimiro, Pavan, Curcio, Verdade, & Machado Pellegrino, 2009 |
| Species: | C. itaiquara
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| Binomial name | |
| Caparaonia itaiquara Rodrigues, Cassimiro, Pavan, Curcio, Kruth Verdade, & Machado Pellegrino, 2009
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Caparaonia is a genus of the lizard in family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is monotypic, i.e. it has only one species, Caparaonia itaiquara.[2] It is endemic to Brazil and is known from the Caparaó National Park on the border between Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo states.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Colli, G.R.; Fenker, J.; Tedeschi, L.; Bataus, Y.S.L.; Uhlig, V.M.; Lima, A.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Borges-Nojosa, D.M.; Costa, G.C.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Winck, G.; Silva, J.R.S.; Viñas, L.V.; Ribeiro Júnior, M.A.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Tinôco, M.S.T.; Almeida-Santos, P.; Valadão, R.; de Oliveira, R.B.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Ferreira, V.L.; de Menezes, V.A. (2019). "Caparaonia itaiquara". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T134879285A135334075. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T134879285A135334075.pt. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Caparaonia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2018.
- ^ Caparaonia itaiquara at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2018.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Gymnophthalmidae
- Monotypic lizard genera
- Spectacled lizards of Brazil
- Endemic reptiles of Brazil
- Taxa named by Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues
- Taxa named by José Cassimiro
- Taxa named by Dante Pavan
- Taxa named by Felipe F. Curcio
- Taxa named by Vanessa Kruth Verdade
- Taxa named by Kátia Cristina Machado Pellegrino
- Gymnophthalmidae stubs