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Teuchocercus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Sauria
Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
Family:
Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamily:
Cercosaurinae
Genus:
Teuchocercus

Species:
T. keyi
Binomial name
Teuchocercus keyi
Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969

Teuchocercus is a genus of lizards endemic to South America. The genus contains only one species.[1]

Species

Etymology

The specific name, keyi, is in honor of American physician and amateur herpetologist George Key (1942-1999).[2]

Geographic range

T. keyi is only found in Ecuador.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Teochocercus keyi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Teuchocercus keyi, p. 140).

Further reading

  • Fritts TH, Smith HM. 1969. A New Teiid Lizard Genus from Western Ecuador. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 72 (1): 54-59. (Teuchocercus, new genus; Teuchocercus keyi, new species).


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