Dicrodon holmbergi

Dicrodon holmbergi
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Teiidae
Genus:	Dicrodon
Species:	D. holmbergi
Binomial name
	Dicrodon holmbergi; Schmidt, 1957

Last updated February 19, 2025

Dicrodon holmbergi, also known commonly as Holmberg's desert tegu , is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is endemic to Peru.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, holmbergi, is in honor of American anthropologist Allan R. Holmberg (1909–1966), who collected the holotype in 1947 during his ethnological investigations in Peru.^[3]

Geographic range

D. holmbergi is found in western Peru, in the regions of Ancash, La Libertad, and Lambayeque.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. holmbergi is desert, at altitudes around 220 m (720 ft).^[1]

Behavior

D. holmbergi is terrestrial.^[1]

Diet

Adults of D. holmbergi are mainly herbivorous.^[1]

Reproduction

D. holmbergi is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Venegas P, Suárez J, Torres C, Perez J, Lehr E (2021). "Dicrodon holmbergi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T48442200A48444208.en. Accessed on 23 March 2024.
1 2 Dicrodon holmbergi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 26 June 2019.
↑ 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. (Dicrodon holmbergi, p. 125).

Goldberg SR (2008). "Notes on Reproduction of Dicrodon guttulatum, D. heterolepis and D. holmbergi (Squamata: Teidae) from Peru". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society44 (3): 103–106.
Lehr E (2002). Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 208 pp. ISBN 978-3931587680. (in German).
Schmidt KP (1957). "Notes on Lizards of the Genus Dicrodon ". Fieldiana · Zoology39 (9): 65–71. (Dicrodon holmbergi, new species, pp. 66–71, Figures 10–11).

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Venegas P, Suárez J, Torres C, Perez J, Lehr E (2021). "Dicrodon holmbergi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T48442200A48444208.en. Accessed on 23 March 2024.

[RDB-2] 1 2 Dicrodon holmbergi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 26 June 2019.

[3] 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. (Dicrodon holmbergi, p. 125).

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