Vanzosaura

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: Gymnophthalmini
Genus: Vanzosaura
Species: V. multiscutatus – V. rubricauda – V. savanicola
Name

Vanzosaura Rodrigues, 1991
References

Rodrigues, M.T. 1991: Herpetofauna das dunas interiores do Rio Sào Francisco, Bahia, Brazil. III. Procellosaurinus: um novo genero de microteiideos sem palpebra, com a redefinicao do genero Gymnophthalmus (Sauria, Teiidae). Papéis avulsos de zoologia (São Paulo), 37(21): 329–342.

Vernacular names
English: Vanzosaurs

Vanzosaura is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.
Etymology

The generic name, Vanzosaura, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Paulo Vanzolini.[1]
Species

The genus Vanzosaura contains three accepted species.[2]

Vanzosaura multiscutata (Amaral, 1933)
Vanzosaura rubricauda (Boulenger, 1902) - red-tailed vanzosaur, redtail tegu
Vanzosaura savanicola Recoder, Werneck, Teixeira Jr, Colli, Sites, & Rodrigues, 2014

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Vanzosaura.
References

Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Vanzosaura, p. 273).
Genus Vanzosaura at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.