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Colobodactylus taunayi AMARAL, 1933

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Gymnophthalminae), Heterodactylini, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Taunay Teiid 
SynonymColobodactylus taunayi AMARAL 1933: 70
Colobodactylus taunayi — PETERS et al. 1970: 98
Colobodactylus taunayi AMARAL 1933: 70
Colobodactylus taunayi — VANZOLINI & RAMOS 1977
Colobodactylus taunayi — CASTOE et al. 2004 
DistributionBrazil (Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina, Queimada Grande Island)

Type locality: Iguape, Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP 787; other specimens in UFSC 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (10420 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentType species: Colobodactylus taunayi AMARAL 1933 is the type species of the genus Colobodactylus AMARAL 1933. 
EtymologyNamed after Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay (1876-1958), the son of a Brazilian viscount when Brazil was still a monarchy.

The genus was named after Greek kolobos (κολοβός), docked, clipped, curtailed, shortened, incomplete, truncated + Greek dactylos = finger. 
References
  • Amaral, A. do 1933. Estudos sobre Lacertilios neotropicos. I. novos generos e especies de largartos do Brasil. Mem. Inst. Butantan 7 [1932]: 51-75 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bérnils, R.S.; Batista, M.A. & Bertelli, P.W. 2001. Cobras e lagartos do Vale: levantamento das espécies de Squamata (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) da Bacia do Rio Itajai, Santa Catarina, Brasil. Rev. Est. Ambientais (Blumenau) 3 (1): 69-79
  • Bruscagin, R. T., M. Dixo, S. Famelli & J. Bertoluci 2017. Patch size effects on richness, abundance, and diversity of leaf-litter lizards from Atlantic rainforest fragments. Salamandra 53 (1): 59-65 - get paper here
  • Castoe, T.A.; Doan, T.M. & Parkinson, C.L. 2004. Data partitions and complex models in Bayesian analysis: the phylogeny of Gymnophthalmid lizards. Systematic Biology 53 (3): 448-469 - get paper here
  • Dixo, M. and Verdade, V.K. 2006. Leaf litter herpetofauna of the Reserva Florestal de Morro Grande, Cotia (SP). [in Portuguese] Biota Neotropica 6 (2): 1-20 - get paper here
  • FORLANI, M.C., BERNARDO, P.H., HADDAD, C.B.F. & ZAHER, H. 2010. Herpetofauna of the Carlos Botelho State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 10 (3): 265-309 - get paper here
  • Kunz, Tobias Saraiva;<br>Ivo Rohling Ghizoni-Jr.,<br>Walter Luis Alves dos Santos & Paulo Afonso Hartmann 2007. Nota sobre a coleção herpetológica da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Biotemas, 20 (3): 127-132 - get paper here
  • MARQUES, O. A. V.; PEREIRA, D. N.; BARBO, F.E.; GERMANO, V.J. & SAWAYA, R. J. 2009. Os Répteis do Município de São Paulo: diversidade e ecologia da fauna pretérita e atual. Biota Neotropica 9: 1-12 - get paper here
  • Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut; Katia Cristina Machado Pellegrino, Marianna Dixo, Vanessa Kruth Verdade, Dante Pavan, Antônio Jorge Suzart Argolo, and Jack W. Sites Jr. 2007. A new genus of microteiid lizard from the Atlantic forests of State of Bahia, Brazil, with a new generic name for Colobosaura mentalis, and a discussion of relationships among the Heterodactylini (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). American Museum novitates (3565): 1-27 - get paper here
  • Vanzolini,P.E. & Ramos, A.M.M. 1977. A new species of Colobodactylus, with notes on the distribution of a group of stranded microteiid lizards (Sauria, Teiidae). Pap. Avulsos Zool. 31 (3): 19-47 - get paper here
  • Zaher, Hussam; Fausto Erritto BarboI; Paola Sanchez Martínez; Cristiano Nogueira; Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues; Ricardo Jannini Sawaya 2011. Répteis do Estado de São Paulo: conhecimento atual e perspectivas. Biota Neotropica, 11 (1): 1–15. - get paper here
 
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