Ecphymotes
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
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Proper noun
[edit]Ecphymotes m
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Iguanidae – now dispersed among at least three families in infraorder Pleurodonta.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order; Iguanidae – family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Ecphymotes obtusirostris, now Anisolepis grilli (Boulenger's tree lizard) in Leiosauridae, Ecphymotes acutirostris, now Polychrus acutirostris (Brazilian bush anole) in Polychrotinae, Ecphymotes pictus, now Enyalius pictus in Leiosauridae, Ecphymotes plica, now Plica plica (tree runner) in Tropiduridae, Ecphymotes undulatus, now Anisolepis undulatus (Wiegmann's tree lizard) in Polychrotinae, Ecphymotes torquatus, now Tropidurus hispidus (Peters' lava lizard) in Tropiduridae – species
References
[edit]- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Ecphymotes”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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