Leposoma Explained

Leposoma is a genus of South American lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.

Species

The following six species are recognized as being valid:

• Leposoma annectans
• Leposoma baturitensis
• Leposoma nanodactylus
• Leposoma puk
• Leposoma scincoides - skink tegu
• Leposoma sinepollex

Further reading

• Spix JB (1825). Animalia nova sive species novae lacertarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII – MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Miximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit. Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. Index (four unnumbered pages) + 26 pp. + 30 color plates. (Leposoma, new genus, p. 24). (in Latin).