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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: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Placosoma
Species: P. cipoense – P. cordylinum – P. glabella – P. limaverdorum
Name

Placosoma Fitzinger, 1847
References

Borges-Nojosa, D.M., Caramaschi, U. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2016. A new species of lizard Placosoma Tschudi, 1847 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the relictual forest mountains of the State of Ceará, Brazil. Zootaxa 4169(1): 160–170. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.1.8. Reference page.

Placosoma is a lizard genus in the family Gymnophthalmidae. They are endemic to southern Brazil.[1]
Species

This small genus contains 4 species:[1]

Placosoma cipoense Cunha, 1966 – Cunha's Brazilian lizard
Placosoma cordylinum Tschudi, 1847
Placosoma glabellum (Peters, 1870)
Placosoma limaverdorum Borges-Nojosa, Caramaschi, & Rodrigues, 2016

References

Placosoma at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 December 2014.

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