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Alopoglossus harrisi

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Alopoglossus harrisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Alopoglossidae
Genus: Alopoglossus
Species:
A. harrisi
Binomial name
Alopoglossus harrisi

Alopoglossus harrisi is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae.[1] It is found in Ecuador and Colombia.

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A. harrisi was named in honor of Dennis Harris, for his outstanding contributions to the taxonomy of Alopoglossidae. Harris completed the only available review of the genus Ptychoglossus, and figures as an author in the descriptions of almost one third of the currently known alopoglossid species.