Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates 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 Rhachisaurus Biodiversity of the family Gymnophthalmidae Genus Rhachisaurus Espinhaço Mountains Spectacled Teju Espinhaço-Brillenteju Espinhaço-brilleteju 2001 Rhachisaurus Pellegrino, Rodrigues, Yonenaga-Yassuda & Sites (type species: Anotosaura brachylepis Dixon 1974) Contents: 1 species, which is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Rhachisaurus brachylepis Espinhaço Mountains Spectacled Teju Espinhaço-Brillenteju Espinhaço-brilleteju 1974 Anotosaura brachylepis Dixon Rhachisaurus brachylepis Pellegrino, Rodrigues, Yonenaga-Yassuda & Sites 2001 Remarks: There is a single specimen recorded from Serra dos Carajás in Para, which is c. 1,400 km from other records of the species, all in Minas Gerais. Since there are no other records from Para, the specimen may have been mislabeled, and the record is regarded as unconfirmed (Gomides, Teixeira Junior, Leal, Thomassen, Cassimiro, Sousa Recoder, Arruda Pinto, Rodrigues & Fortes Leite 2020). Distribution: Brazil (Minas Gerais).