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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Gymnophthalmidae
Bibliography of the genus Tretioscincus
Biodiversity of the family Gymnophthalmidae








Genus
Tretioscincus

Skink Tejus

Skinktejus

Skinktejuer

1862 Tretioscincus Cope (type species: Tretioscincus castanicterus Cope 1862)
1916 Calliscincopus Ruthven (type species: Calliscincopus agilis Ruthven 1916; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
Contents: 3 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: Aruba, Brazil (Amapa, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Para, Roraima), Colombia (incl. Providencia), French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela (incl. Margarita).

Tretioscincus agilis

Agile Skink Teju

Gewandte Skinkteju

Væver Skinkteju

1916 Calliscincopus agilis Ruthven
Tretioscincus agilis Vanzolini & Reboucas-Spieker 1969
1918 Tretioscincus romani Andersson (Avila-Pires 1995)
1923 Tretioscincus brasiliensis Müller (Avila-Pires 1995)

Remarks: Records from Colombia (Ayala 1986) and Venezuela (Paolillo 1985) represent oriximinensis (Avila-Pires 1995; Ribeiro-Júnior & Amaral 2017).
Distribution: Brazil (Amapa, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Para, Roraima), French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam.


Tretioscincus agilis
© Henrik Bringsøe

Tretioscincus bifasciatus

Rio Magdalena Skink Teju

Rio-Magdalena-Skinkteju

Rio Magdalena-skinkteju

1851 Heteropus bifasciatus Dumeril
Tretioscincus bifasciatus Cope 1864
1862 Tretioscincus castanicterus Cope (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1947 Tretioscincus bifasciatus kugleri Shreve

Remarks: A record from Guyana (Beebe 1945) is probably based on wrong locality data (Cole, Townsend, Reynolds, MacCulloch & Lathrop 2013).
Distribution: Aruba, Colombia (incl. Providencia), Venezuela (incl. Isla Margarita).


Tretioscincus oriximinensis

Oriximina Skink Teju

Oriximina-Skinkteju

Oriximina-skinkteju

1995 Tretioscincus oriximinensis Avila-Pires

Distribution: Brazil (Amapa, Amazonas, Para, Roraima), Colombia, Venezuela.