Callopistes
| Callopistes Temporal range:
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| False monitor (Callopistes flavipunctatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Subfamily: | Callopistinae |
| Genus: | Callopistes Gravenhorst, 1838 |
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Callopistes is a lizard genus in the family Teiidae. It includes two extant species, which are native to Ecuador, Peru and Chile.
Species[edit]
Listed alphabetically.[1]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Callopistes flavipunctatus (Duméril & Bibron 1839) | False monitor | Peru and Ecuador. |
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Callopistes maculatus Gravenhorst 1838 | Spotted false monitor | Chile |
Fossils[edit]
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| †Callopistes bicuspidatus, | Monte Hermoso Formation, Argentina[2] | |
| †Callopistes rionegrensis, | Chichinales Formation, Argentina[3] |
References[edit]
- ^ Callopistes, The Reptile Database
- ^ Farola Monte Hermoso at Fossilworks.org
- ^ 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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