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Marinussaurus
Marinussaurus is a genus of the lizard family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is monotypic, i.e. it has only one species, Marinussaurus curupira. It occurs in Brazil. The specific name is given after the Curupira, a mythological creature known from many regions in South America (e.g., Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay)
== References ==
1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89749.