''Anotosaura'' is a
genus
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of
South America
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n
lizards
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in the
family
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Gymnophthalmidae
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.
["''Anotosaura'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.]
Geographic range
The genus ''Anotosaura'' is
endemic
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to
Brazil
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.
Species
The genus ''Anotosaura'' contains two valid
species
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.
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Anotosaura collaris'' - collared anotosaura
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Anotosaura vanzolinia'' - Vanzolini's anotosaura
References
Further reading
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Amaral A (1933). "''Estudos sobre lacertílios neotrópicos. I. Novos gêneros e espécies de lagartos do Brasil'' ". ''Memórias do Instituto Butantan'' 7: 51–75. (''Anotosaura'', new genus). (in Portuguese).
Spectacled lizards of Brazil
Endemic reptiles of Brazil
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral
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