Biology:Dicrodon guttulatum

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Short description: Species of lizard

Dicrodon guttulatum
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Genus: Dicrodon
Species:
D. guttulatum
Binomial name
Dicrodon guttulatum
(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

Dicrodon guttulatum, the Peru desert tegu , is a species of teiid lizard found in Ecuador and Peru.[2] It is herbivorous, with Prosopis pallida making up the majority of its diet. [3]

References

  1. Perez, J.; Yánez-Muñoz, M.; Venegas, P.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. (2017). "Dicrodon guttulatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48444161A48444171. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48444161A48444171.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48444161/48444171. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. Dicrodon guttulatum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 June 2019.
  3. van Leeuwen, Jeroen Peter; Catenazzi, Alessandro; Holmgren, Milena (2011). "Spatial, Ontogenetic, and Sexual Effects on the Diet of a Teiid Lizard in Arid South America". Journal of Herpetology (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) 45 (4): 472–477. doi:10.1670/10-154.1. ISSN 0022-1511. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1063&context=zool_pubs. 

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