Vanzosaura is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.
Etymology The generic name, Vanzosaura, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Paulo Vanzolini.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Vanzosaura, p. 273).
Species The genus Vanzosaura contains three accepted species. www.reptile-database.org. Vanzosaura multiscutata Vanzosaura rubricauda - red-tailed vanzosaur, redtail tegu Vanzosaura savanicola
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Vanzosaura.
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