Macropholidus is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to Ecuador and Peru.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Tribe: | Cercosaurini |
| Genus: | Macropholidus Noble, 1921 |
Species
editThe genus Macropholidus contains four species which are recognized as being valid.[1][2][3]
- Macropholidus annectens Parker, 1930 - Parker's pholiodobolus
- Macropholidus ataktolepis Cadle & Chuna, 1995
- Macropholidus huancabambae (Reeder, 1996)
- Macropholidus montanuccii Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & Nunes, 2020 - Montanucci's cuilanes
- Macropholidus ruthveni Noble, 1921 - Ruthven's pholiodobolus
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Macropholidus.
References
edit- ^ "Macropholidus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Macropholidus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
- ^ Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Venegas, Pablo J.; Sales Nunes, Pedro M. (2020-09-15). "Description and Phylogeny of a New Species of Andean Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the Huancabamba Depression". South American Journal of Herpetology. 18 (1): 13. doi:10.2994/SAJH-D-18-00069.1. ISSN 1808-9798.
Further reading
edit- Noble GK (1921). "Some New Lizards from Northwestern Peru". Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 29: 133–139. (Macropholidus, new genus).
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