Dicrodon

Dicrodon is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. Commonly known as desert tegus, there are three described species.

Dicrodon
Dicrodon guttulatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Subfamily: Teiinae
Genus: Dicrodon
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Species

3 species, see text

Dicrodon guttulatum in an illustration by P.J. Smit.

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]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Dicrodon guttulatum A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839Peru desert teguEcuador and Peru.
Dicrodon heterolepis (Tschudi, 1845)Ecuador desert teguPeru
Dicrodon holmbergi K.P. Schmidt, 1957Holmberg's desert teguPeru.

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
  1. GBIF.org
  2. Genus Dicrodon at The Reptile Database
  3. GBIF.org
  4. 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).


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