Leposoma is a genus of South American lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2]

Leposoma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe: Ecpleopodini
Genus: Leposoma
Spix, 1825[1]

Species

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The following six species are recognized as being valid:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Leposoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ a b Leposoma at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 July 2013.

Further reading

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  • Spix JB (1825). Animalia nova sive species novae lacertarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII – MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Miximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit. Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. Index (four unnumbered pages) + 26 pp. + 30 color plates. (Leposoma, new genus, p. 24). (in Latin).