Acratosaura is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to Brazil.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Acratosaura Rodrigues, Pellegrino, Dixo, Verdade, Pavan, Argolo, & Sites, 2007 |
Species
editThe genus Acratosaura contains 2 species which are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Acratosaura mentalis (Amaral, 1933) – Amaral's colobosaura
- Acratosaura spinosa Rodrigues, Cassimiro, De Freitas, & Santos Silva, 2009 – spiny colobosaura
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Acratosaura.
References
edit- ^ "Acratosaura ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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