Gymnophthalmus speciosus

Gymnophthalmus speciosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Gymnophthalminae
Tribus: Gymnophthalmini
Genus: Gymnophthalmus
Species: Gymnophthalmus speciosus
Subspecies (3): G. s. birdi – G. s. speciosus – G. s. sumichrasti

Name

• Gymnophthalmus speciosus (Hallowell, 1861)

Syntypes: MCZ R-5788.

Type locality: “Nicaragua”.

Combinations

• Blepharictisis speciosa Hallowell, 1861: 484 [original combination]
• Gymnophthalmus speciosus — Stuart, 1939: 4 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Hallowell, E. [1860] 1861. Report upon the Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under command of Capt. John Rogers, U. S. N. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 480–510. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gymnophthalmus speciosus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Golden Spectacled Tegu