Biology:Dicrodon
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Short description: Genus of lizards
| Dicrodon | |
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| Dicrodon guttulatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Subfamily: | Teiinae |
| Genus: | Dicrodon A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 |
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3 species, see text | |
Dicrodon is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. Commonly known as desert tegus, there are three described species.
Geographic range
Desert tegus are found in South America, specifically in Peru and Ecuador.
Description
Desert tegus are the smallest species of tegu.[1]
Species
The following species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid.[2][3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Dicrodon guttulatum A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 | Peru desert tegu | Ecuador and Peru. |
| Dicrodon heterolepis (Tschudi, 1845) | Ecuador desert tegu | Peru | |
| Dicrodon holmbergi K.P. Schmidt, 1957 | Holmberg's desert tegu | Peru. |
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]
References
- ↑ GBIF.org[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ Genus Dicrodon at The Reptile Database
- ↑ GBIF.org[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ 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).
Wikidata ☰ Q2024647 entry
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