Colobodactylus taunayi, also known commonly as the Taunay teiid or Taunay's teiid, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.
Etymology The specific name, taunayi, is in honor of Brazilian historian Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Colobodactylus taunayi, p. 261).
Geographic range C. taunayi occurs in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of C. taunayi is forest.
Reproduction C. taunayi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Amaral A (1933). "Estudos sobre Lacertilios neotropicos. I. Novos generos e especies de lagartos do Brasil ". Memorias do Instituto Butantan 7: 51–75. (Colobodactylus taunayi, new species, pp. 70–71). (in Portuguese).