Dicrodon

Dicrodon
	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

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[]

^ GBIF.org^{[dead link]}
^ Genus Dicrodon at The Reptile Database
^ GBIF.org^{[dead link]}
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dicrodon holmbergi, p. 125).