Heterodactylus is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to Brazil.[1]

Heterodactylus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamily: Gymnophthalminae
Tribe: Heterodactylini
Genus: Heterodactylus
Spix, 1825

Species

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The genus Heterodactylus contains the following three species which are recognized as being valid.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Heterodactylus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 December 2013.

Further reading

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  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Heterodactylus, p. 422).
  • Spix JB (1825). Animalia nova sive species novae lacertarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII - MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit. Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. Index (4 unnumbered pages) + 26 pp. + 30 color plates. (Heterodactylus, new genus, p. 25). (in Latin).