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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: Gymnophthalminae
Tribus: Iphisini
Genus: Colobosaura
Species (2): C. kraepelini – C. modesta
Name

Colobosaura Boulenger, 1887: 508

Type species: Perodactylus modestus Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862, by monotypy.
References
Primary references

Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.)' III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London Printed by order of the Trustees 1885-87. 575 pp. BHL

Additional references

Cacciali, P., Martínez, N. & Köhler, G. 2017. Revision of the phylogeny and chorology of the tribe Iphisini with the revalidation of Colobosaura kraepelini Werner, 1910 (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). ZooKeys 669: 89–105. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.669.12245. Reference page.

Colobosaura is a genus of lizard, endemic to South America, in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2]
Species

Two species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Colobosaura kraepelini (Werner, 1910) - Chaco colobosaura
Colobosaura modesta (J.T. Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862) - Bahia colobosaura

References

"Colobosaura ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.

"Colobosaura modesta ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Colobosaura, new genus, p. 508).

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