Colobosaura is a genus of lizard, endemic to South America, in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2]

Colobosaura
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe: Iphisini
Genus: Colobosaura
Boulenger, 1887[1]
Colobosaura Kraepelini

Species

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Two species are recognized as being valid.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Colobosaura ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
  2. ^ a b "Colobosaura modesta ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Colobosaura, new genus, p. 508).