Rhachisaurus is a genus of the lizard family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is monotypic, i.e. it has only one species, Rhachisaurus brachylepis. It occurs in Brazil.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
Genus: | Rhachisaurus Pellegrino, Rodrigues, Yonenaga-Yassuda, & Sites, 2001 |
Species: | R. brachylepis
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Binomial name | |
Rhachisaurus brachylepis (Dixon, 1974)
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