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Dicrodon guttulatum in an illustration by P.J. Smit.

Dicrodon is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. Commonly known as desert tegus, there are three described species.

Geographic range

Desert tegus are found in South America, specifically in Peru and Ecuador.

Description

Desert tegus are the smallest species of tegu.[1]

Species

The following species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid.[2][3]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Файл:DSCN2301mod.jpg Dicrodon guttulatum Шаблон:Small Peru desert tegu Ecuador and Peru.
Dicrodon heterolepis (Tschudi, 1845) Ecuador desert tegu Peru
Dicrodon holmbergi K.P. Schmidt, 1957 Holmberg's desert tegu Peru.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dicrodon.

Etymology

The specific name, holmbergi, is honor of American anthropologist Allan R. Holmberg (1909–1966), who collected the holotype in 1947 during his ethnological investigations in Peru.[4]

References

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Further reading

  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Dicrodon, new genus, pp. 137–138; D. guttulatum, new species, pp. 138–140). (in French).

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  1. GBIF.orgШаблон:Dead link
  2. Шаблон:EMBL genus
  3. GBIF.orgШаблон:Dead link
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Dicrodon holmbergi, p. 125).