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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Ecpleopodinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Lagartinho-da-Mata, Lagartinho-do-Rabo-Liso, Lagartinho-da-Serra-do-Mar 
SynonymEcpleopus gaudichaudii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 436
Arthroseps fluminensis AMARAL 1933: 67 (fide UZZELL 1969)
Arthroseps werneri BOULENGER 1898: 921 (fide UZZELL 1969)
Ecpleopus gaudichaudii — BOULENGER 1885: 401
Ecpleopus gaudichaudii — PETERS et al. 1970: 113
Arthroseps fluminensis — PETERS et al. 1970: 76
Alopoglossus gracilis WERNER 1913: 13
Ecpleopus gaudichaudii — CASTOE et al. 2004 
DistributionBrazil (Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo etc.)

Arthroseps werneri: Brazil (Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina); Type locality: Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Type locality: Brazil  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 7047, adult female with egg (type is largely destroyed)
Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.2.4 [werneri] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3902 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: mostly after Uzzell 1969: 5.

Type species: Ecpleopus gaudichaudii is the type species of the genus Ecpleopus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839. Ecpleopus is the type genus for the subfamily Ecpleopinae (Castoe et al. 2004; Pyron et al. 2013), or the tribus Ecpleopodini Fitzinger, 1843.

For diagnostic morphological characters distinguishing Marinussaurus, Amapasaurus, Anotosaura, Arthrosaura, Colobosauroides, Dryadosaura,Ecpleopus, Kaieteurosaurus, Leposoma, and Pantepuisaurus see Table 2 in PELOSO et al. 2011.

Taxonomy: Fitzinger (1843) formed the family name Ecpleopoda and subsequent uses and spellings included Ecpleopoda (e.g., Tschudi 1847), Ecpleopidae (Cope 1864), Ecpleopodidae (Cope 1868;1875), Ecpleopinae (Castoe et al. 2004; Pyron et al. 2013), Ecpleopini (Pellegrino et al. 2001), Ecpleopodinae (Rodrigues et al. 2009b) and Ecpleopodini (Peloso et al. 2011). Colli et al. 2015 renamed and included Pantepuisaurus in the subfamily Ecpleopodinae. 
EtymologyNamed after Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré (1789 – 1854), a French botanist who traveled to South America and Australia.

The genus Ecpleopus was named by Duméril & Bibron (1839), by the combination of ecpleos (Latin transliteration of the Greek ἔκπλεος), which means complete or full (Liddell & Scott 1889), and pous (Latin transliteration of the Greek πούς), which means foot (Liddell & Scott 1889). 
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