Dracaena paraguayensis

Dracaena paraguayensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

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

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Tupinambinae
Genus: Dracaena
Species: Dracaena paraguayensis

Name

• Dracaena paraguayensis Amaral, 1950: 283

Holotype: DZSJRP 696, collected on April 1950.

Type locality: “near the São Lourenço, a tributary of the Paraguay River, Mato Grosso, Brazil”.

References

Primary references

• Amaral, A. 1950. Two new South American lizards. Copeia 1950(4): 281–284. DOI: 10.2307/1437908

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Dracaena paraguayensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 October 2018.

Vernacular names

• English: Paraguay Caiman Lizard
• português do Brasil: Víbora-do-pantanal