Key tegu
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 ) is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Ecuador.[2]
Taxonomy[edit]
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]
The specific name, keyi, is in honor of American physician and amateur herpetologist George Key (1942-1999).[4]
Geographic range[edit]
The Key tegu is only found in Ecuador with records from Esmeraldas and Pichincha.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Yánez-Muñoz, M. (2016). "Echinosaura keyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T50950605A50950612. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T50950605A50950612.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d 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". Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 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. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Teuchocercus keyi, p. 140).
Further reading[edit]
- 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).