Biology:Key tegu
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Short description: Species of lizard
Key tegu | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
Genus: | Echinosaura |
Species: | E. keyi
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Binomial name | |
Echinosaura keyi (Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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The Key tegu (Echinosaura keyi ) is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Ecuador.[2]
Taxonomy
Echinosaura keyi was formerly known as Teuchocercus keyi Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969, and was the type species of the genus Teuchocercus,[3] but the genus Teuchocercus is no longer recognized.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, keyi, is in honor of American physician and amateur herpetologist George Key (1942-1999).[4]
Geographic range
The Key tegu is only found in Ecuador with records from Esmeraldas and Pichincha.[2]
References
- ↑ Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Yánez-Muñoz, M. (2016). "Echinosaura keyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T50950605A50950612. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T50950605A50950612.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/50950605/50950612. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Echinosaura keyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2018.
- ↑ Fritts TH, Smith HM (1969). "A New Teiid Lizard Genus from Western Ecuador". Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 72 (1): 54-59. (Teuchocercus, new genus; Teuchocercus keyi, new species).
- ↑ 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. (Teuchocercus keyi, p. 140).
Further reading
- Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Lobos, Simón E.; Venegas, Pablo J.; Chávez, Germán; Aguirre-Peñafiel, Vanessa; Zurita, Daniel; Echevarría, Lourdes Y. (2016). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the most diverse clade of South American gymnophthalmid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 63-75. (Echinosaura keyi, new combination).
Wikidata ☰ Q55279983 entry
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