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Colobodactylus

Colobodactylus
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Colobodactylus taunayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Colobodactylus
Amaral, 1933

Colobodactylus (common name: Amaral's teiids) is a small genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to Brazil.

There are two species in the genus Colobodactylus.

The specific name, dalcyanus, is in honor of Brazilian entomologist Dalcy de Oliveira Albuquerque (1902–1982).

The specific name, taunayi, is in honor of Brazilian historian (1876–1958).



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