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    Species Accepted

    Gymnophthalmus speciosus (Hallowell, 1861)

    Golden Spectacled Lizard
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Gymnophthalmus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Colebra di mispel Papiamento
      Golden Spectacled Lizard English
      Golden Spectacled Tegu English
      Golden Tegulet English
      Gylden Brilleteju Danish
      Kleine brilteju Dutch
      Lagadishi di mispel Papiamento
      Lagartija dorada Spanish
      Lagartija-anteojada dorada Spanish
      Tegu dagli occhiali d'oro Italian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      64 results
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      Savage, J. M. (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna Between Two Continents, Between Two Seas. University of Chicago Press, 934 Pp. [Review in Copeia 2003 (1): 205].
      Medina-Rangel, & Guido Fabián. (2013). CAMBIO EstACIOnAl En El UsO DE lOs RECURsOs DE lA COMUnIDAD DE REptIlEs En El COMplEJO CEnAgOsO DE ZApAtOsA, DEpARtAMEntO DEl CEsAR (Colombia). Caldasia 35 (1): 103-122.
      Cole, Charles J.;Townsend, Carol R.;Dessauer, Herbert C.;Hardy, Laurence M. (1989). A lizard foretold. Natural History 1989 (5): 12-17.
      Uetz, P. H., Patel, M., Gbadamosi, Z., Nguyen, A., & Shoope, S. (2024). A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732.
      Alvarez DEL TORO, M. (1982). Los Reptiles de Chiapas. 3rd ed. México: Tuxtla Gutiérrez, 248 Pp.
      Larreal, J.T.; G.A. Rivas; C. Portillo-Quintero; T.R. Barros. (2012). Squamata reptiles of a fragment of tropical dry forest in northwestern Venezuela (Lake Maracaibo region). Check List 8(6):1220-1224.
      Ugueto, G. N., & Rivas, G. A. (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Margarita, Coche and Cubagua. Frankfurt Contributions to Natural History, Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 350 Pp.
      Lee, J. C. (2000). A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of the Maya world. Cornell University Press, Ithaca,.
      Reynolds, Robert P., James F. Whatton and Christina A. Gebhard. (2014). Gymnophthalmus speciosus (golden spectacled tegu) predation by great egret. Herpetological Review 45 (1): 128.

      Citation

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