Gymnophthalmus

Gymnophthalmus is genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is native to Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America. Eight species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

Gymnophthalmus
Gymnophthalmus pleii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe:	Gymnophthalmini
Genus:	Gymnophthalmus Merrem, 1820
Species
Eight, see text.

Species

The genus Gymnophthalmus contains the following species.^[1]

• Gymnophthalmus cryptus Hoogmoed, Cole & Ayarzagüena, 1992 – cryptic spectacled tegu
• Gymnophthalmus leucomystax Vanzolini & Carvalho, 1991 – white spectacled tegu
• Gymnophthalmus lineatus Linnaeus, 1758
• Gymnophthalmus marconaterai García-Pérez & Schargel, 2017
• Gymnophthalmus pleii Bocourt, 1881 – Martinique spectacled tegu, rough-scaled worm lizard
• Gymnophthalmus speciosus Hallowell, 1861 – golden spectacled tegu
• Gymnophthalmus underwoodi Grant, 1958 – Underwood's spectacled tegu
• Gymnophthalmus vanzoi Carvalho, 1999