Species

Placosoma cordylinum

Placosoma cordylinum · described by TSCHUDI 1847

Placosoma glabellum, a close relative of Placosoma cordylinum

Pictured: Placosoma glabellum, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Ryan Wanfredo Almeida, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Placosoma cordylinum
First described
TSCHUDI 1847
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Lizards (Sauria)
Family
Gymnophthalmidae
Genus
Placosoma
Subspecies
  • Placosoma cordylinum cordylinum FITZINGER in TSCHUDI 1847
  • Placosoma cordylinum champsonotus (WERNER 1910)

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree