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Echinosaura is a genus of lizards, called commonly the spined tegus, in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to Central America and South America.
Echinosaura | |
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Echinosaura palmeri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
Tribe: | Cercosaurini |
Genus: | Echinosaura Boulenger, 1890 |
Species | |
8, see text. |
Geographic range and habitat edit
Species of Echinosaura occur in tropical rainforests of Panama and South America.
Description edit
Spined tegu lizards are normally brown in color and have spines on the head, torso, and tail.
Species edit
8 species are recognised:[1]
- Echinosaura brachycephala G. Köhler, Böhme & Schmitz, 2004
- Echinosaura centralis Dunn, 1944
- Echinosaura fischerorum Yánez-Muñoz, Torres-Carvajal, Reyes-Puig, Urgiles-Merchán, & Koch, 2021
- Echinosaura horrida Boulenger, 1890 - rough teiid
- Echinosaura keyi Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969 - Key tegu
- Echinosaura orcesi Fritts, Almendáriz & Samec, 2002
- Echinosaura palmeri Boulenger, 1911 - Palmer's teiid
- Echinosaura panamensis Barbour, 1924 - Panama teiid
Notes edit
- ^ "Echinosaura ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading edit
- Boulenger GA (1890). "First Report on Additions to the Lizard Collection in the British Museum (Natural History)". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1890: 77-86 + Plates VIII-XI. (Echinosaura, new genus, pp. 82–83; E. horrida, new species, p. 83 + Plate X, figures 1, 1a, 1b).