Alopoglossus Explained

Alopoglossus is a genus of lizards in the monogeneric family Alopoglossidae. The genus is distributed from Costa Rica in Central America to northern South America.

Species

The genus Alopoglossus contains the following 32 valid species:

• Alopoglossus amazonius – Amazonanian teiid
• Alopoglossus andeanus
• Alopoglossus angulatus – northern teiid
• Alopoglossus atriventris – keel-bellied shade lizard
• Alopoglossus avilapiresae
• Alopoglossus bicolor – Werner's largescale lizard
• Alopoglossus bilineatus
• Alopoglossus brevifrontalis – Boulenger's largescale lizard
• Alopoglossus buckleyi – Buckley's teiid
• Alopoglossus carinicaudatus – northern teiid
• Alopoglossus collii
• Alopoglossus copii – drab shade lizard
• Alopoglossus danieli – Daniel's largescale lizard
• Alopoglossus embera
• Alopoglossus eurylepis – largescale lizard
• Alopoglossus festae
• Alopoglossus gansorum
• Alopoglossus gorgonae
• Alopoglossus grandisquamatus – common largescale lizard
• Alopoglossus harrisi
• Alopoglossus indigenorum
• Alopoglossus kugleri – Kugler's largescale lizard
• Alopoglossus lehmanni
• Alopoglossus meloi
• Alopoglossus myersi
• Alopoglossus plicatus – Taylor's largescale lizard
• Alopoglossus romaleos
• Alopoglossus stenolepis
• Alopoglossus tapajosensis
• Alopoglossus theodorusi
• Alopoglossus vallensis
• Alopoglossus viridiceps ^[1] – green-headed shade lizard

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Alopoglossus.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Alopoglossus, new genus, p. 383).

Notes and References

1. http://www.sci-news.com/biology/science-new-species-shade-lizard-ecuador-01960.html News Staff / Source (2014). "New Species of Shade Lizard Discovered in Ecuador"