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Lizards (Sauria)    Genera Acratosaura Bahia Spectacled Tejus Adercosaurus Yutajé Mountains Spectacled Teju Alexandresaurus Camacan Spectacled Teju Amapasaurus Amapa Four-toed Spectacled Teju Anadia Smooth-scaled Spectacled Tejus Andinosaura Andean Spectacled Tejus Anotosaura Dwarf Spectacled Tejus Arthrosaura Creek Tejus Bachia Earless Tejus Calyptommatus Northeast Brazilian Earless Sand Sliders Caparaonia Caparaó Mountains Spectacled Teju Centrosaura Costa Rican Rough Teju Cercosaura Eastern Shade Tejus Colobodactylus Southeast Brazilian Spectacled Tejus Colobosaura Short-thumbed Spectacled Tejus Colobosauroides Lesser Spectacled Tejus Dendrosauridion Yanesha Tree Spectacled Teju Dryadosaura Dryades Spectacled Teju Echinosaura Southern Rough Tejus Ecpleopus Atlantic Forest Spectacled Teju Euspondylus Sun Tejus Gelanesaurus Short-tailed Water Tejus Gymnophthalmus Snake-eyed Tejus Heterodactylus Strange-toed Spectacled Tejus Iphisa Glossy Shade Teju Kaieteurosaurus Kaieteur Spectacled Teju Kataphraktosaurus Cuao Spiny Stream Teju Leposoma Eastern Root Tejus Loxopholis Western Root Tejus Macropholidus Large-scaled Spectacled Tejus Magdalenasaura Magdalena Basin Spectacled Tejus Marinussaurus Curupira Spectacled Teju Micrablepharus Snake-eyed Glossy Tejus Neusticurus Guianan Water Tejus Nothobachia Piaui Sand Slider Oreosaurus Northern Highland Spectacled Tejus Pantepuisaurus Mount Maringma Spectacled Teju Petracola Peruvian Rock Tejus Pholidobolus Flat-headed Mountain Tejus Placosoma Sharp-nosed Spectacled Tejus Potamites Western Water Tejus Procellosaurinus Smooth-scaled Sand Sliders Proctoporus Lightbulb Tejus Psilops Brazilian Keeled Sand Sliders Rhachisaurus Espinhaço Mountains Spectacled Teju Rheosaurus Guyana Rough Teju Riama Southern Highland Spectacled Tejus Riolama Tepui Spectacled Tejus Rondonops Shield-naped Spectacled Tejus Scriptosaura Catimbau Sand Slider Selvasaura Peruvian Highland Spectacled Tejus Stenolepis Iguarassu Spectacled Teju Tretioscincus Skink Tejus Vanzosaura Red-tailed Spectacled Tejus Wilsonosaura Junín Spectacled Teju Yanomamia Tepui Root Tejus

Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: May 12th, 2024. Biodiversity of the family Gymnophthalmidae Bibliography of the family Gymnophthalmidae Gymnophthalmidae Scaly-tongued Spectacled Tejus Schuppenzungen-Brillentejus oder -Zwergtejus     Skæltungede Brilletejuer Contents: Endemicity: 56 genera of which 29 (51.8%) are endemic   0% 100% 301 species of which 213 (70.8%) are endemic   0% 100% Remarks: Previously included in the family Teiidae (e.g., Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970; Goin, Goin & Zug 1978). Separated from Teiidae by Presch (1983). Formerly included the genera Alopoglossus and Ptychoglossus, which were separated into their own family, Alopoglossidae, by Goicoechea, Frost, Riva, Pellegrino, Sites, Rodrigues & Padial (2016) Distribution:  Mexico, Central and South America, West Indies. Reported from: Argentina, Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Bonaire, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela.