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Species of lizard

Key tegu
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Echinosaura
Species: E. keyi
Binomial name
Echinosaura keyi
(Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969)
Synonyms
  • Teuchocercus keyi
    Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969
  • Echinosaura keyi
    — Torres-Carvajal et al., 2016

The Key tegu (Echinosaura keyi), also known commonly as Key's teiid and la lagartija minadora tropical in Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Ecuador.

Taxonomy

Echinosaura keyi was formerly known as Teuchocercus keyi Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969, and was the type species of the genus Teuchocercus, but the genus Teuchocercus is no longer recognized.

Etymology

The specific name, keyi, is in honor of American physician and amateur herpetologist George Key (1942–1999).

Geographic range

The Key tegu is only found in Ecuador with records from Esmeraldas and Pichincha.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. keyi is near streams in forest, at altitudes of 350–1,200 m (1,150–3,940 ft).

Reproduction

E. keyi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Echinosaura keyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2018.
  3. Fritts TH, Smith HM (1969). "A New Teiid Lizard Genus from Western Ecuador". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 72 (1): 54–59. (Teuchocercus, new genus; Teuchocercus keyi, new species).
  4. 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

  • Torres-Carvajal O (2001). "Lizards of Ecuador: Checklist, Distribution, and Systematic References". Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service (131): 1–35. (Teuchocercus keyi, p. 14).
  • 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).
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D (2019). "Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1) : 209–229 (e178). (Echinosaura keyi, p. 213, Table 1). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).


Taxon identifiers
Echinosaura keyi


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