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{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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{{Automatic Taxobox
| name = ''Placosoma''
| taxon = Placosoma (lizard)
| authority = [[Leopold Fitzinger|Fitzinger]], 1847
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'''''Placosoma''''' is a lizard genus in the family [[Gymnophthalmidae]]. They are [[endemic]] to southern Brazil.<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB genus|genus=Placosoma|accessdate=27 December 2014}}</ref>

==Species==
* ''[[Placosoma cipoense]]'' {{small|Cunha, 1966}} – Cunha's Brazilian lizard
* ''[[Placosoma cordylinum]]'' {{small|Tschudi, 1847}}
* ''[[Placosoma glabellum]]'' {{small|(Peters, 1870)}}
* ''[[Placosoma limaverdorum]]'' {{small|Borges-Nojosa, Caramaschi, & Rodrigues, 2016}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Wikispecies|Placosoma (Gymnophthalmidae)}}
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[[Category:Placosoma (lizard)| ]]
[[Category:Spectacled lizards of Brazil]]
[[Category:Endemic reptiles of Brazil]]
[[Category:Lizard genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger]]


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