Salvator duseni

Salvator duseni
In Goiás, Brazil.
Conservation status
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [1]
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [2]
Scientific 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]
Tupinambis duseni Lönnberg, 1910 Salvator duseni — Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet, 2012

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, Bolivia 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. 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. 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)". Zootaxa3459: 1–156. (Salvator duseni, new combination).
• Lönnberg E, Andersson LG (1910). "A new Lizard and a new Frog from Paranà". Arkiv för Zoologi6 (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 History15: 1–12.