Tupinambis

Tupinambis teguixin

Taxonavigation

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: Tupinambis
Species (8): T. cryptus – T. cuzcoensis – T. longilineus – T. matipu – T. palustris – T. quadrilineatus – T. teguixin – T. zuliensis

Name

Tupinambis Daudin, 1802: 20

• Type species: Tupinambis monitor Daudin (= Lacerta teguixin) by subsequent designation by Burt & Burt (1933: 77).

Synonyms

• Tutor Goldfuss, 1820: 168 [as subgenus]
  • Type species: Monitor americanus Goldfuss, by monotypy.
• Custa Fleming, 1822: 274
  • Type species: Lacerta teguixin Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Peters & Donoso-Barros (1970: 271).
• Exypnestes Kaup, 1826: 88
  • Type species: Tupinambis monitor Daudin, 1802, by monotypy.
• Ctenodus Wagler, 1828: 860
  • Type species: Tupinambis nigropunctatus Spix, 1825, by monotypy.
• Podinema Wagler, 1830: 153
  • Type species: Lacerta teguixin Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
• Ctenodon Wagler, 1830: 153
  • Type species: Tupinambis nigropunctatus Spix, 1825, by monotypy.
• Teguixin Gray, 1831: 29
  • Type species: Lacerta teguixin Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
• Gymnogomphius Wagler, 1833: 892
  • Type species: Lacerta teguixin Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Daudin, F.M. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Troisième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 452 pp. + pls. XXVI–XLV. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Manzani, P.R. & Abe, A.S. 1997. A new species of Tupinambis Daudin, 1803 (Squamata, Teiidae) from Central Brazil. Boletim do Museu Nacional. Nova Série. Zoologia 382: 1–10. Reference page. 
• Manzani, P.R. & Abe, A.S. 2002. A new species of Tupinambis Daudin, 1803 from southeastern Brazil (Squamata Teiidae). Arquivos do Museu Nacional 60(4): 295–302. Reference page. 
• Murphy, J.C., Jowers, M.J., Lehtinen, R.M., Charles, S.P., Colli, G.R., Péres Jr., A.K., Hendry, C.R. & Pyron, R.A. 2016. Cryptic, Sympatric Diversity in Tegu Lizards of the Tupinambis teguixin Group (Squamata, Sauria, Teiidae) and the Description of Three New Species. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0158542. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158542 Reference page. 
• Silva, M.B., Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A. & Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. 2018. A New Species of Tupinambis Daudin, 1802 (Squamata: Teiidae) from Central South America. Journal of Herpetology 52(1): 94–110. DOI: 10.1670/16-036 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tupinambis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 August 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Tegus
español: Iguanas
português: Teiús

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