Rhachisaurus brachylepis

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

Holotype: MCZ 133174, adult ♀, collected by Otavio Froehlich on January 1973.

Type locality: “Sierra do Cipo, Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil”.

Anotosaura brachylepis Dixon, 1974: 17 [original combination]
Rhachisaurus brachylepis — Pellegrino, Rodrigues, Yonenaga-Yassuda & Sites Jr., 2001: 330 [subsequent combination]

Dixon, J.R. 1974. Systematic Review of the Lizard Genus Anotosaura (Teiidae). Herpetologica 30(1): 13–18. JSTOR Reference page.

Pellegrino, K.C.M., Rodrigues, M.T., Yonenaga-Yassuda, Y. & Sites Jr., J.W. 2001. A molecular perspective on the evolution of South American microteiid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae), and a new classification for the family. Biological journal of the Linnean Society 74(3): 315–338. DOI: 10.1006/bijl.2001.0580 Reference page.

English: Dixon's Anotosaura

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