Iphisa

Iphisa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

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

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Gymnophthalminae
Tribus: Iphisini
Genus: Iphisa
Species (7): I. brunopereira – I. dorothy – I. elegans – I. munduruku – I. pellegrino – I. soinii – I. surui

Name

Iphisa Gray, 1851: 39

• Type species: Iphisa elegans Gray, 1851, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1851. Description of a new genus and family of cyclosaurian lizards from Para. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 19: 38–39. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dixon, J.R. 1974. Systematic Review of the Microteiid Genus Iphisa. Herpetologica 30(2): 133–139. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Mello, A.V.A., Recoder, R.S., Fouquet, A., Rodrigues, M.T. & Nunes, P.M.S. [2023] 2024. Integrative taxonomy of the Iphisa elegans Gray, 1851 species complex (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) leads to the description of five new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200(2): zlad073. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad073 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Iphisa . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 February 2025.

Vernacular names

English: Glossy Shade Lizards