Teius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Reptilia Subclassis: Diapsida Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Sauria Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Familia: Teiidae
Genus: Teius
Species: T. oculatus – T. suquiensis – T. teyou

Name

• Teius Merrem, 1820: 60

Type species: Teius viridis Merrem (= Teius teyou) subsequently designated by Burt and Burt (1933).

Synonymy

• Acrantus Wagler, 1830: 154. Type species Lacerta teyou Daudin.

References

• Merrem, B. 1820: Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien I (Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum). J.C. Kriegeri, Marburg, 191 pp.

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• Harvey, M.B.; Ugueto, G.N.; Gutberlet, R.L., jr. 2012: Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa, 3459: 1-156. Preview reference page