Callopistes Explained

Callopistes is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. The genus contains two extant species, which are native to Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, as well as two fossil species found in Argentina.

Species

Listed alphabetically.^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Callopistes flavipunctatus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)	False monitor	Peru and Ecuador.
	Callopistes maculatus Gravenhorst, 1838	Spotted false monitor	Chile

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Callopistes.

Fossils

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	†Callopistes bicuspidatus	Monte Hermoso Formation, Argentina[2]
	†Callopistes rionegrensis	Chichinales Formation, Argentina[3]

Further reading

• Gravenhorst JLC (1838). "Beiträge zur genaueren Kenntniss einiger Eidechsengattungen ". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher / Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae 18 (2): 712–784. (Callopistes, new genus, pp. 743–744). (in German).

Notes and References

1. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Callopistes&exact%5B0%5D=genus&submit=Search Callopistes
2. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=198863 Farola Monte Hermoso
3. Quadros, Ana B. . species:Ana Bottallo Quadros . Chafrat, Pablo . Zaher, Hussam . Hussam Zaher . 2018 . A new teiid lizard of the genus Callopistes Gravenhorst, 1838 (Squamata, Teiidae), from the lower Miocene of Argentina . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 38 . 4. (1)-(18) . 10.1080/02724634.2018.1484754 . 91195492 .