Callopistes

Callopistes is a lizard genus in the family Teiidae. It includes two extant species, which are native to Ecuador, Peru and Chile.

Callopistes
Temporal range:
False monitor (Callopistes flavipunctatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Subfamily: Callopistinae
Genus: Callopistes
Gravenhorst, 1838
Species
  • C. flavipunctatus Duméril & Bibron 1839
  • C. maculatus Gravenhorst 1838
  • †C. bicuspidatus Deschamps & Tomassini 2016
  • †C. rionegrensis Quadros et al. 2018

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Callopistes flavipunctatus (Duméril & Bibron 1839)False monitorPeru and Ecuador.
Callopistes maculatus Gravenhorst 1838Spotted false monitorChile

Fossils
ImageScientific nameDistribution
†Callopistes bicuspidatus,Monte Hermoso Formation, Argentina[2]
†Callopistes rionegrensis,Chichinales Formation, Argentina[3]

References
  1. Callopistes, The Reptile Database
  2. Farola Monte Hermoso at Fossilworks.org
  3. Ana B. Quadros; Pablo Chafrat; Hussam Zaher (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.


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