Alopoglossus

Alopoglossus is a genus of lizards in the monogeneric family Alopoglossidae. The genus is distributed from Costa Rica in Central America to northern South America.

==Species== The genus Alopoglossus contains the following 32 valid species: Alopoglossus amazonius – Amazonanian teiid Alopoglossus andeanus Alopoglossus angulatus – northern teiid Alopoglossus atriventris – keel-bellied shade lizard Alopoglossus avilapiresae Alopoglossus bicolor – Werner's largescale lizard Alopoglossus bilineatus Alopoglossus brevifrontalis – Boulenger's largescale lizard Alopoglossus buckleyi – Buckley's teiid Alopoglossus carinicaudatus – northern teiid Alopoglossus collii Alopoglossus copii – drab shade lizard Alopoglossus danieli – Daniel's largescale lizard Alopoglossus embera Alopoglossus eurylepis – largescale lizard Alopoglossus festae Alopoglossus gansorum Alopoglossus gorgonae Alopoglossus grandisquamatus – common largescale lizard Alopoglossus harrisi Alopoglossus indigenorum Alopoglossus kugleri – Kugler's largescale lizard Alopoglossus lehmanni Alopoglossus meloi Alopoglossus myersi Alopoglossus plicatus – Taylor's largescale lizard Alopoglossus romaleos Alopoglossus stenolepis Alopoglossus tapajosensis Alopoglossus theodorusi Alopoglossus vallensis Alopoglossus viridiceps – green-headed shade lizard