Callopistes

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Callopistinae
Genus: Callopistes
Species (2): C. flavipunctatus – C. maculatus
Name

Callopistes Gravenhorst, 1838: 743

Type species: Callopistes maculatus Gravenhorst 1838, by monotypy.
Synonyms

Aporomera Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 69

Type species Aporomera ornata Duméril & Bibron, 1839, by monotypy.

Tejovaranus Steindachner, 1877: 93

Type species Tejovaranus Branickii Steindachner, 1877, by monotypy.
References
Primary references

Gravenhorst, J.L.C. [1837] 1838. Beiträge zur genauern Kenntniss einiger Eidechsengattungen. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 18: 712–784. BHL

Additional references

Harvey, M.B., Ugueto, G.N. & Gutberlet, Jr., R.L. 2012. Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459: 1–156. Preview Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Callopistes . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 November 2018.

Vernacular names
English: False Monitors