''Colobodactylus'' (common name: Amaral's teiids) is a small

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

lizard Lizard is the common name used for all Squamata, squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most Island#Oceanic isla ...

s in the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Gymnophthalmidae Gymnophthalmidae is a family of lizards with at least 250 species, sometimes known commonly as spectacled lizards or microteiids. They are called "spectacled" because of their transparent lower eyelids, which allow them to still see with closed ...

. The genus is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to Brazil.

Species

There are two

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

in the genus ''Colobodactylus''. *'' Colobodactylus dalcyanus'' - Vanzolini's teiid *''

Colobodactylus taunayi ''Colobodactylus taunayi'', also known commonly as the Taunay teiid or Taunay's teiid, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Brazil. Etymology The specific name, ''taunayi'', is in honor of Brazilian h ...

'' - Taunay teiid

Etymology

The

specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...

, ''dalcyanus'', is in honor of Brazilian entomologist Dalcy de Oliveira Albuquerque (1902–1982)."''Colobodactylus darcyanus'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile database.org. The specific name, ''taunayi'', is in honor of Brazilian historian

Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay (11 July 1876 – 20 March 1958) was a Brazilian writer and historian. Biography Afonso was born in the ''Palácio Rosado'', the residence of Santa Catarina's governor. He was the only legitimate son of Alfredo d ...

(1876–1958).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Albuquerque", p. 4; ''Colobodactylus taunayi'', p. 261).

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