Echinosaura keyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea

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

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Echinosaura
Species: Echinosaura keyi

Name

• Echinosaura keyi (Fritts & Smith, 1969)

Holotype: UIMNH 80451, adult ♂.

Type locality: “4 km E Río Baba bridge, 24 km. S Santo Domingo de los Colorados, 600 m., Pichincha, Ecuador”.

Combinations

• Teuchocercus keyi Fritts & Smith, 1969: 54 [original combination]
• Echinosaura keyi — Torres-Carvajal et al. 2016: 74 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Fritts, T.H. & Smith, H.M. 1969. A new teiid lizard genus from Western Ecuador. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 72(1): 54–59. DOI: 10.2307/3627048 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Torres-Carvajal, O., Lobos, S.E., Venegas, P.J., Chávez, G., Aguirre-Peñafiel, V., Zurita, D. & Echevarría, L.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. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.006 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Echinosaura keyi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 June 2018.
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Yánez-Muñoz, M. 2016. IUCN: Teuchocercus keyi  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T50950605A50950612. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T50950605A50950612.en

Vernacular names

English: Key Tegu
español: Lagartija minadora tropical