Gymnophthalmus Explained

Gymnophthalmus is genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is native to Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America. Eight species are recognized as being valid.

Species

The genus Gymnophthalmus contains the following species.^[1]

• Gymnophthalmus cryptus – cryptic spectacled tegu
• Gymnophthalmus leucomystax – white spectacled tegu
• Gymnophthalmus lineatus
• Gymnophthalmus marconaterai
• Gymnophthalmus pleii – Martinique spectacled tegu, rough-scaled worm lizard
• Gymnophthalmus speciosus – golden spectacled tegu
• Gymnophthalmus underwoodi – Underwood's spectacled tegu
• Gymnophthalmus vanzoi

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. (Genus Gymnophthalmus, p. 427).
• Merrem B (1820). Versuchs eines Systems der Amphibien: Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum. Marburg: J.C. Krieger. xv + 191 pp. + one plate. (Gymnophthalmus, new genus, p. 74). (in German and Latin).

Notes and References

1. . www.reptile-database.org.