Loxopholis Cope 1869

Loxopholis is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Species

The genus Loxopholis contains 11 species which are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Loxopholis caparensis (Esqueda, 2005)
• Loxopholis ferreirai (Rodrigues & Ávila-Pires, 2005)
• Loxopholis guianense (Ruibal, 1952)
• Loxopholis hexalepis (Ayala & Harris, 1982) - six-scaled tegu
• Loxopholis ioanna (Uzzell & Barry, 1971)
• Loxopholis osvaldoi (Ávila-Pires, 1995)
• Loxopholis parietalis (Cope, 1886) - common root lizard
• Loxopholis percarinatum (L. Müller, 1923) - Müller's tegu
• Loxopholis rugiceps Cope, 1869
• Loxopholis snethlageae (Ávila-Pires, 1995)
• Loxopholis southi (Ruthven & Gaige, 1924) - northern spectacled lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Loxopholis.

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