Dicrodon
Dicrodon is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. Commonly known as desert tegus, there are three described species.
Dicrodon | |
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Dicrodon guttulatum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Teiidae |
Subfamily: | Teiinae |
Genus: | Dicrodon A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 |
Species | |
3 species, see text |
Geographic range
Desert tegus are found in South America, specifically in Peru and Ecuador.
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 Allan R. Holmberg (1909–1966), who collected the holotype in 1947 during his ethnological investigations in Peru.[4]
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References
- GBIF.org
- Genus Dicrodon at The Reptile Database
- GBIF.org
- 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).
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).
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