Salvator duseni
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Genus: Salvator
Species:
S. duseni
Binomial name
Salvator duseni
(Lönnberg, 1910)
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

  1. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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).
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Salvator duseni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 July 2019.
  4. ↑ Smith, Paul (2006). "YELLOW TEGU Salvator duseni ". FAUNA Paraguay. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  5. ↑ 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 (2012). "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.



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