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 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.