Tupinambis cryptus

Tupinambis cryptus

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: Tupinambis
Species: Tupinambis cryptus

Name

Tupinambis cryptus Murphy, Jowers, Lehtinen, Charles, Colli, Péres Jr., Hendry & Pyron, 2016: 16

• Holotype: AMNH 140937, ♂, collected by Charles J. Cole and Carol R. Townsend on 5 March 1994.
• Type locality: “Dubulay Ranch on the Berbice River, 200 ft asl, 5.681944–57.533333, Guyana”.

References

Primary references

• Murphy, J.C., Jowers, M.J., Lehtinen, R.M., Charles, S.P., Colli, G.R., Péres Jr., A.K., Hendry, C.R. & Pyron, R.A. 2016. Cryptic, Sympatric Diversity in Tegu Lizards of the Tupinambis teguixin Group (Squamata, Sauria, Teiidae) and the Description of Three New Species. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0158542. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158542 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Cryptic Golden Tegu

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