NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Northern Spectacled Lizard
Loxopholis southi (Ruthven & Gaige, 1924)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Loxopholis southi, also known commonly as the northern spectacled lizard and the southern leposoma, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America. There are two recognized subspecies.
Wikipedia contributors, Loxopholis southi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:40:21.645199+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Loxopholis southi (Ruthven & Gaige, 1924)
- Name authority
- (Ruthven & Gaige, 1924)
- Common name
- Northern Spectacled Lizard
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Gymnophthalmidae
- Genus
- Loxopholis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyGymnophthalmidae
- genusLoxopholis
- speciesLoxopholis southi (Ruthven & Gaige, 1924)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Loxopholis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Loxopholis ferreirai (Rodrigues & Avila-Pires, 2005) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loxopholis osvaldoi (Avila-Pires, 1995) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Root LizardLoxopholis parietalis (Cope, 1886) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Muller's TeguLoxopholis percarinatum (Müller, 1923) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loxopholis caparensis (Esqueda, 2005) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Leposoma southi Ruthven & Gaige, 1924 Ruthven & Gaige, 1924 | synonym |
| Leposoma bisecta Taylor, 1949 Taylor, 1949 | synonym |
| Loxopholis southi orientalis (Taylor, 1955) (Taylor, 1955) | ambiguous synonym |
| Leposoma southi orientalis Taylor, 1955 Taylor, 1955 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Loxopholis&species=southi Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:8GPZ3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.