Dicrodon
Dicrodon | |
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Dicrodon guttulatum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Teiidae |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Dicrodon A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 |
Species | |
3 species, see text |
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Dicrodon guttulatum in an illustration by P.J. Smit.
Dicrodon is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. Commonly known as desert tegus, there are three described species.
Geographic range[]
Desert tegus are found in South America, specifically in Peru and Ecuador.
Description[]
Desert tegus are the smallest species of tegu.[1]
Species[]
The following species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid.[2][3]
- Dicrodon guttulatum A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – Peru desert tegu
- Dicrodon heterolepis (Tschudi, 1845) – Ecuador desert tegu
- Dicrodon holmbergi K.P. Schmidt, 1957 – Holmberg's desert tegu
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dicrodon.
Etymology[]
The specific name, holmbergi, is honor of American anthropologist (1909–1966), who collected the holotype in 1947 during his ethnological investigations in Peru.[4]
References[]
Further reading[]
- Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Dicrodon, new genus, pp. 137–138; D. guttulatum, new species, pp. 138–140). (in French).
Categories:
- Dicrodon
- Lizard genera
- Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron
- Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril
- Lizard stubs