Key tegu
| Key tegu | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Echinosaura |
| Species: | E. keyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Echinosaura keyi (Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969)
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The Key tegu (Echinosaura keyi), also known commonly as Key's teiid and la lagartija minadora tropical in Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Ecuador.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Echinosaura keyi was formerly known as Teuchocercus keyi Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969, and was the type species of the genus Teuchocercus,[3] but the genus Teuchocercus is no longer recognized.[2]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The specific name, keyi, is in honor of American physician and amateur herpetologist George Key (1942–1999).[4]
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]The Key tegu is only found in Ecuador with records from Esmeraldas and Pichincha.[2]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The preferred natural habitat of E. keyi is near streams in forest, at altitudes of 350–1,200 m (1,150–3,940 ft).[1]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ a b c d e Echinosaura keyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2018.
- ^ Fritts TH, Smith HM (1969). "A New Teiid Lizard Genus from Western Ecuador". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 72 (1): 54–59. (Teuchocercus, new genus; Teuchocercus keyi, new species).
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Teuchocercus keyi, p. 140).
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Torres-Carvajal O (2001). "Lizards of Ecuador: Checklist, Distribution, and Systematic References". Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service (131): 1–35. (Teuchocercus keyi, p. 14).
- Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Lobos, Simón E.; Venegas, Pablo J.; Chávez, Germán; Aguirre-Peñafiel, Vanessa; Zurita, Daniel; Echevarría, Lourdes 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. (Echinosaura keyi, new combination).
- Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D (2019). "Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1) [General Section]: 209–229 (e178). (Echinosaura keyi, p. 213, Table 1). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
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