Tupinambis matipu

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: Tupinambis matipu

Name

• Tupinambis matipu Silva, Ribeiro-Júnior & Ávila-Pires, 2018: 96

Holotype: MPEG 24294, adult ♀, collected by Y. O. C. Bittar, G. F. Maschio, L. P. Albarelli, and P. S. Abe, on 28 April 2006.

Type locality: “Fazenda Tanguro (S: -13.05968, W: -52.38138), municipality of Querência, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil”.

References

Primary references

• 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 matipu. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 August 2018.