Callopistes (original) (raw)

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Genus of lizards

_Callopistes_Temporal range: Early Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
False monitor (Callopistes flavipunctatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Subfamily: Callopistinae
Genus: CallopistesGravenhorst, 1838
Species
C. flavipunctatus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron), 1839 C. maculatus Gravenhorst, 1838 †_C. bicuspidatus_ Deschamps & Tomassini, 2016 †_C. rionegrensis_ Quadros et al., 2018

Callopistes is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. The genus contains two extant species, which are native to Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, as well as two fossil species found in Argentina.

Listed alphabetically.[1]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Callopistes flavipunctatus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) False monitor Peru and Ecuador.
Callopistes maculatus Gravenhorst, 1838 Spotted false monitor Chile

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

Image Scientific name Distribution
†_Callopistes bicuspidatus_ Monte Hermoso Formation, Argentina[2]
†_Callopistes rionegrensis_ Chichinales Formation, Argentina[3]
  1. ^ Callopistes. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ Farola Monte Hermoso at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ Quadros, Ana B.; Chafrat, Pablo; Zaher, Hussam (2018). "A new teiid lizard of the genus Callopistes Gravenhorst, 1838 (Squamata, Teiidae), from the lower Miocene of Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (4): (1)-(18). doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1484754. S2CID 91195492.