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.
Image
Scientific name
Common name
Distribution
Callopistes flavipunctatus
(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
False monitor
Peru and Ecuador.
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.
Image
Scientific name
Distribution
†Callopistes bicuspidatus
Monte Hermoso Formation, Argentina
†Callopistes rionegrensis
Chichinales Formation, Argentina
Fossils
Image
Scientific name
Distribution
†Callopistes bicuspidatus
Monte Hermoso Formation, Argentina
†Callopistes rionegrensis
Chichinales Formation, Argentina
