Rhachisaurus brachylepis

Taxonavigation

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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: Rhachisaurinae
Genus: Rhachisaurus
Species: Rhachisaurus brachylepis

Name

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Rhachisaurus brachylepis (Dixon, 1974)

  • Holotype: MCZ 133174, adult ♀, collected by Otavio Froehlich on January 1973.
  • Type locality: “Sierra do Cipo, Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil”.

Combinations

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  • Anotosaura brachylepis Dixon, 1974: 17 [original combination]
  • Rhachisaurus brachylepisPellegrino, Rodrigues, Yonenaga-Yassuda & Sites Jr., 2001: 330 [subsequent combination]

References

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Primary references

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  • Silveira, A.L., da Rocha, C., Nogueira, C. de C., Werneck, F., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Ribeiro Júnior, M.A., Kiefer, M., de Freitas, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S.T., Valadão, R., Cardoso Vieira, R., Perez Maciel, R., Gomes Faria, R., Recoder, R., D'Ávila, R., Torquato da Silva, S., de Barcelos Ribeiro, S. & Avila-Pires, T.C.S. 2021. IUCN: Rhachisaurus brachylepis  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T137792781A137792817. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T137792781A137792817.pt. Accessed on 24 January 2024.

Vernacular names

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English: Dixon's Anotosaura