Callopistes

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Miocene|Recent}}

| image = Callopistes flavipunctatus.jpg

| image_caption = False monitor (Callopistes flavipunctatus)

| taxon = Callopistes

| authority = Gravenhorst, 1838

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = * C. flavipunctatus {{small|(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron), 1839}}

C. maculatus {{small|Gravenhorst, 1838}}
†C. bicuspidatus {{small|Deschamps & Tomassini, 2016}}
†C. rionegrensis {{small|Quadros et al., 2018}}

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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.[http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Callopistes&exact%5B0%5D=genus&submit=Search Callopistes]. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
190x190px	Callopistes flavipunctatus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) \|False monitor	Peru and Ecuador.
190x190px	Callopistes maculatus Gravenhorst, 1838 \|Spotted false monitor	Chile

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Image

Scientific name

Common Name

Distribution

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Callopistes flavipunctatus

(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

|False monitor

Peru and Ecuador.

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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
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	†Callopistes bicuspidatus	Monte Hermoso Formation, Argentina[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=198863 Farola Monte Hermoso] at Fossilworks.org
frameless	†Callopistes rionegrensis	Chichinales Formation, Argentina{{Cite journal\|author1=Quadros, Ana B. \|author1-link=species:Ana Bottallo Quadros \|author2=Chafrat, Pablo \|author3=Zaher, Hussam \|author3-link=Hussam Zaher \|year=2018 \|title=A new teiid lizard of the genus Callopistes Gravenhorst, 1838 (Squamata, Teiidae), from the lower Miocene of Argentina \|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology \|volume=38 \|issue= 4\|pages=(1)-(18) \|doi=10.1080/02724634.2018.1484754 \|s2cid=91195492 \|url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/7117517 }}

Callopistes

Species

=Fossils=

References

Further reading