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Rhachisaurus

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Rhachisaurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Rhachisaurus
Pellegrino, Rodrigues, Yonenaga-Yassuda, & Sites, 2001
Species:
R. brachylepis
Binomial name
Rhachisaurus brachylepis
(Dixon, 1974)
Synonyms
  • Anotosaura brachylepis

Rhachisaurus is a genus of the lizard family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is monotypic, i.e. it has only one species, Rhachisaurus brachylepis. It occurs in Brazil.[1]

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