Martinique Spectacled Tegu | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
Genus: | Gymnophthalmus |
Species: | G. pleei Bocourt, 1881 |
Binomial name | |
Gymnophthalmus pleei |
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Subspecies | |
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Synonyms | |
Gymnophthalmus pleii |
The Martinique Spectacled Tegu (Gymnophthalmus pleei) is a microteiid lizard found in the Caribbean, on the Lesser Antilles islands of Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, and Maria I.
The nominate subspecies, G. p. pleei, is endemic to Martinique, and G. p. luetkeni and G. p. nesydrion are restricted to Saint Lucia. The populations on Guadeloupe and Dominica have not yet been assigned to subspecies.