Crocodilurus amazonicus

Crocodilurus amazonicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Superfamilia: Lacertoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Tupinambinae
Genus: Crocodilurus
Species: Crocodilurus amazonicus

Name

• Crocodilurus amazonicus Spix, 1825: 19

Holotype: ZSM 638, adult ♂, collected during the Austrian Brazil Expedition.

Type locality: “ripam Solimoëns prope pagum St. Pauli”.

Synonyms

• Crocodilurus ocellatus Spix 1825: 20

Lectotype: ZSM 639, juvenile indet., collected during the Austrian Brazil Expedition. [designated by Hoogmoed & Gruber (1983: 393)]

Type locality: “flumen Solimoëns prope pagum Ecgá”.

Paralectotype (1): RMNH 3394. [designated by Hoogmoed & Gruber (1983: 393)]

References

Primary references

• Spix, J.B. von 1825. Animalia nova sive species nova lacertarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspicius Maximiliani Josephi I Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. J. B. de Spix (In Latin). T.O. Weigel: Lipsiae; F.S. Hübschmanni: Monachii. 26 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Hoogmoed, M.S. & Gruber, U. 1983. Spix and Wagler type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the Natural History Musea in Munich (Germany) and Leiden (The Netherlands). In: Fittkau, E.J. & Tiefenbacher, L. (eds.). Festschrift zu Ehren von Dr. Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix. Spixiana Supplement 9: 319–415. BHL; PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• de Massary, J.-C. & Hoogmoed, M.S. 2001. Crocodilurus amazonicus Spix, 1825: The Valid Name for Crocodilurus lacertinus Auctorum (nec Daudin, 1802) (Squamata: Teiidae). Journal of Herpetology 35 (2): 353–357. DOI: 10.2307/1566133 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Crocodilurus amazonicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 November 2018.
• Martins, M. 2010. IUCN: Crocodilurus amazonicus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178328A7524182. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178328A7524182.en

Vernacular names

English: Crocodile Tegu
português do Brasil: Jacarerana