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Vanzosaura
Sign in to saveVanzosaura is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Gymnophthalmidae
- Collections
- CAS, MUSEU NACIONAL/UFRJ
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Named after
- Paulo Vanzolini
- Image
- Vanzosaura-rubricauda-pentecoste-ce-mb.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Vanzosaura
- topic's main category
- Category:Vanzosaura
- taxon common name
- Vanzosaurs
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
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Vanzosaura is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.
==Etymology== The generic name, Vanzosaura, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Paulo Vanzolini.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vanzosaura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.