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Taxonomy of the genus Vanzosaura Biodiversity of the family Gymnophthalmidae

Bibliography of the genus
Vanzosaura (Red-tailed Spectacled Lizards)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Gymnophthalmidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Vanzosaura in general

Recoder, R.S.; Werneck, F.P.; Teixeira, M.; Colli, G.R.; Sites, J.W.; Rodrigues, M.T. 2014. Geographic variation and systematic review of the lizard genus Vanzosaura (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae), with the description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171(1): 206-225.

Vanzosaura multiscutata

Amaral, A. do 1932. Novos gêneros e espécies de largartos do Brasil. Memorias do Instituto Butantan (Sao Paulo) 7: 51-74.

Vitt, L.J. 1982. Sexual dimorphism and reproduction in the microteiid lizard, Gymnophthalmus multiscutatus. Journal of Herpetology 16(3): 325-329.

Vanzosaura rubricauda

Aguirre, R.H.; Cespedez, J.A. 2001. Geographic distribution: Vanzosaura rubricauda. Herpetological Review 32(2): 121.

Ataide Gomes, E.C.; Gomes Tavares, A.P.; Avello, N.P.; Machado Pereira, L.C.; Barros Ribeiro, L. 2012. Gymnophthalmid and tropidurid lizards as prey of the crab-eating fox, Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus, 1766) (Carnivora: Canidae). Herpetology Notes 5: 463-466.

Avila, L.J. 1998. Geographic distribution: Vanzosaura rubricauda. Herpetological Review 29(1): 52.

Cruz, F.B. 1994. Actividad reproductiva en Vanzosaura rubricauda (Sauria: Teiidae) del Chaco occidental en Argentina. Cuadernos de Herpetologia 8(1): 112-118.

Delfim, F.R.; Freire, E.M.X. 2007. Os lagartos gimnoftalmideos (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) do Cariri Paraibano e do serido do Rio Grande do Norte, nordeste do Brasil: consideraçoes acerca da distribuiçao geografica e ecologia. Oecologia Brasiliensis 11(3): 365-382.

Gallardo, J.M. 1951. Sobre un Teiidae (Reptilia, Sauria) poco conocido para la fauna Argentina. Comun. Inst. Invest. Cienc. Nat. B. Aires Zool. 2(1): 1-8.

Gallego, F. 1999. Geographic distribution: Vanzosaura rubricauda. Herpetological Review 30(4): 234-235.

Guerra, C.; Montero, R. 2009. The skull of Vanzosaura rubricauda (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Acta Zoologica (Copenhagen) 90(4): 359-371.

Höfling, E.; Renous, S. 2004. High frequency of pauses during intermittent locomotion of small South American gymnophthalmid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). Phyllomedusa 3(2): 83-94.

Hulse, A.C. 1977. New distributional records for amphibians and reptiles from the provinces of Catamarca, La Rioja, and Cordoba, Argentina. Herpetological Review 8(2): 40.

Perotti, G.; Cruz, F. 1990. Gymnophthalmus rubricauda Boulenger. Revue Francaise d'Aquariologie Herpetologie 17(1)(Suppl. 370): 2pp.

Pheasey, H.; Smith, P.; Brouard, J.P.; Atkinson, K. 2014. Natural history notes: Vanzosaura rubricauda (Red-tailed Vanzosaur). Bifurcation and trifurcation. Herpetological Review 45(1): 138-139.

Recoder, R.S.; Ribeiro, M.C.; Rodrigues, M.T. 2013. Spatial variation in morphometry in Vanzosaura rubricauda (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from open habitats of South America and its environmental correlates. South American Journal of Herpetology 8(3): 186-197.

Renous, S.; Hoefling, E.; Bels, V. 2008. Locomotion patterns in two South American gymnophthalmid lizards: Vanzosaura rubricauda and Procellosaurinus tetradactylus. Zoology (Jena) 111(4): 295-308.

Rodrigues, M.T. 1991. Herpetofauna das dunas interiores do rio São Francisco, Bahia, Brasil. 3. Procellosaurinus: un novo genero de microteiideos sem palpebra, com a redefinicao do genero Gymnophthalmus (Sauria, Teiidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37(21): 329-342.

Roscito, J.G.; Rodrigues, M.T. 2013. A comparative analysis of the post-cranial skeleton of fossorial and non-fossorial gymnophthalmid lizards. Journal of Morphology 274(8): 845-858.

Sales, R.F.D.; Ribeiro, L.B.; Almeida, H.W.B.; Freire, E.M.X. 2010. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Saurophagy. Herpetological Review 41(1): 72-73.

Smith, P.; Cacciali, P.; Atkinson, K.; Kallberg, A.; Pheasey, H. 2011. [New records of Gymnophthalmidae (Reptilia: Sauria) from the Laguna Blanca Natural Reserve, San Pedro Department, Paraguay, and an identification key for Paraguayan species of the family]. (In Spanish). Notulas Faunisticas 81: 1-6.

Yonenaga-Yassuda, Y.; Mori, L.; Chu, T.H.; Rodrigues, M.T. 1996. Chromosomal banding patterns in the eyelid-less microteiid radiation: Procellosaurinus and Vanzosaura (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 74(3): 203-210.

Ziegler, T.; Böhme, W.; Unger, J. 2002. First record of Gymnophthalmus rubricauda Boulenger, 1902 for Paraguay, with notes on its morphology, ecology and habitat (Reptilia: Sauria: Gymnophthalmidae). Faunistische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 22(2): 347-351.

Ziegler, T.; Unger, J.; Feiler, A.; Lehr, E. 2002. The first Gran Chaco expedition of the Museum für Tierkunde Dresden: Records of amphibians, reptiles and mammals from the Dry Chaco of Paraguay (Amphibia, Reptilia, Mammalia). Faunistische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 23(1): 219-238.

Vanzosaura savanicola

Recoder, R.S.; Werneck, F.P.; Teixeira, M.; Colli, G.R.; Sites, J.W.; Rodrigues, M.T. 2014. Geographic variation and systematic review of the lizard genus Vanzosaura (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae), with the description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171(1): 206-225.