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Genus of lizards

Contomastix
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Teiidae
Subfamily:	Teiinae
Genus:	Contomastix Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet, 2012

Contomastix is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Species

The genus Contomastix contains the following six species which are recognized as being valid, listed alphabetically.

Contomastix celata Cabrera, Carreira, Di Pietro & Rivera, 2019
Contomastix lacertoides (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – Bibron's whiptail
Contomastix leachei (Peracca, 1897)
Contomastix serrana (Cei & Martori, 1991)
Contomastix vacariensis (Feltrim & Lema, 2000)
Contomastix vittata (Boulenger, 1902)

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

References

Contomastix. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

Harvey, Michael B.; Ugueto, Gabriel N.; Gutberlet, Ronald L., Jr. (2012). "Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)". Zootaxa 3459 (1): 1–156. (Contomastix, new genus, p. 112).

Taxon identifiers
Contomastix	Wikidata: Q11847933 Wikispecies: Contomastix BioLib: 1081948 CoL: 3TJC EoL: 39459351 GBIF: 8268594 iNaturalist: 318354 IRMNG: 1480691 NCBI: 1392235 Open Tree of Life: 5223264

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