Salvator duseni
Salvator duseni | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Teiidae |
Genus: | Salvator |
Species: | S. duseni
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Binomial name | |
Salvator duseni (Lönnberg, 1910)
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Synonyms[3] | |
Salvator duseni is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae.[3] The species is sometimes known commonly as the yellow tegu.[4] It is native to South America.
Etymology
S. duseni is named after Swedish botanist Per Karl Hjalmar Dusén who collected the holotype.[3][5]
Geographic range
S. duseni is found in Brazil and Paraguay.[3] In Brazil it is found in Bahia, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, and Tocantins.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of S. duseni is savanna.[2]
Description
S. duseni can grow to 41 cm (16.1 in) in snout-to-vent length (SVL).[3]
Behavior
S. duseni is diurnal and terrestrial.[2]
Diet
An omnivore, S. duseni eats plants, invertebrates, and small vertebrates.[2]
Reproduction
S. duseni is oviparous.[3] Clutch size is approximately 36 eggs.[2]
References
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ a b c d e f Silveira AL et al. (20 authors) (2021). "Salvator duseni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44579798A44579800.pt. Accessed on 17 October 2022. (in English and Portuguese).
- ^ a b c d e f Salvator duseni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 July 2019.
- ^ Smith, Paul (2006). "YELLOW TEGU Salvator duseni ". FAUNA Paraguay. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ 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. (Tupinambis duseni, p. 78).
Further reading
- Harvey MB, Ugueto GN, Gutberlet RL (2021). "Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)". Zootaxa 3459: 1–156. (Salvator duseni, new combination).
- Lönnberg E, Andersson LG (1910). "A new Lizard and a new Frog from Paranà". Arkiv för Zoologi 6 (9): 1–11. (Tupinambis duseni, new species, pp. 1–9).
- Péres AK, Colli GR (2004). "The Taxonomic status of Tupinambis rufescens and T. duseni (Squamata: Teiidae), with a Redescription of the Two Species". Occasional Papers of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History 15: 1–12.Error: "Q3019568" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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