Tupinambis cryptus

Tupinambis cryptus
In Trinidad
Conservation status
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Teiidae
Genus:	Tupinambis
Species:	T. cryptus
Binomial name
Tupinambis cryptus Murphy, Jowers, Lehtinen, Charles, Colli, Peres Jr., Hendry, & Pyron, 2016

Tupinambis cryptus, the cryptic golden tegu, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. ^[2] It is found in Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago.

Gallery

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  With regrown tail, Trinidad
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  Roadkill with an autotomized tail, Venezuela.
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  Trinidad
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  Feeding, Trinidad
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  Inspecting bread, Trinidad
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  Trinidad

References

1. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
2. Tupinambis cryptus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 4 July 2019.