Colobodactylus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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: Heterodactylini
Genus: Colobodactylus
Species: C. dalcyanus – C. taunayi
Name
Colobodactylus (Amaral, 1933)

Colobodactylus (common name: Amaral's teiids) is a small genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to Brazil.[1][2]

Species

There are two species in the genus Colobodactylus.[1]

Colobodactylus dalcyanus Vanzolini & Ramos, 1977 - Vanzolini's teiid
Colobodactylus taunayi Amaral, 1933 - Taunay teiid

Etymology

The specific name, dalcyanus, is in honor of Brazilian entomologist Dalcy de Oliveira Albuquerque (1902–1982).[3][4]

The specific name, taunayi, is in honor of Brazilian historian Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay (1876–1958).[4]
References

Colobodactylus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 March 2014.
"Colobodactylus — Amaral's Teiids". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
"Colobodactylus darcyanus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile database.org.

Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Albuquerque", p. 4; Colobodactylus taunayi, p. 261).