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Gymnophthalmus (microteiids)

Osteichthyes - Gymnophthalmidae

Taxonomy
Gymnophthalmus was named by Merrem (1820). It is extant.

It was assigned to Gymnophthalmidae by Frank and Ramus (1996).

Species
G. speciosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Gymnophthalmus Merrem
1996Gymnophthalmus Frank and Ramus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Episquamata
superfamilyLacertoideaCamp 1923
—Teiioidea
familyGymnophthalmidaeMerrem 1820
genusGymnophthalmusMerrem 1820

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Gymnophthalmus Merrem 1820 [microteiids]
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Gymnophthalmus speciosus Hallowell 1861 [Golden spectacled tegu]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available