Crocodilurus amazonicus

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Crocodilurus amazonicus

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Tupinambinae
Genus: Crocodilurus
Species: Crocodilurus amazonicus

Name

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  • Crocodilurus amazonicus Spix, 1825: 19

Holotype: ZSM 638, adult ♂, collected during the Austrian Brazil Expedition.

Type locality: “ripam Solimoëns prope pagum St. Pauli”.

Synonyms

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  • Crocodilurus ocellatus Spix 1825: 20

Lectotype: ZSM 639, juvenile indet., collected during the Austrian Brazil Expedition. [designated by Hoogmoed & Gruber (1983: 393)]

Type locality: “flumen Solimoëns prope pagum Ecgá”.

Paralectotype (1): RMNH 3394. [designated by Hoogmoed & Gruber (1983: 393)]

References

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Primary references

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  • Spix, J.B. von 1825. Animalia nova sive species nova lacertarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspicius Maximiliani Josephi I Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. J. B. de Spix (In Latin). T.O. Weigel: Lipsiae; F.S. Hübschmanni: Monachii. 26 pp. BHL Reference page
  • Hoogmoed, M.S. & Gruber, U. 1983. Spix and Wagler type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the Natural History Musea in Munich (Germany) and Leiden (The Netherlands). In: Fittkau, E.J. & Tiefenbacher, L. (eds.). Festschrift zu Ehren von Dr. Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix. Spixiana Supplement 9: 319–415. BHL; PDF Reference page

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Vernacular names

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English: Crocodile Tegu
português do Brasil: Jacarerana