Key tegu

The Key tegu (Echinosaura keyi ) is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Ecuador.[2]

Key tegu
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[2]
  • Teuchocercus keyi
    Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969
  • Echinosaura keyi
    — Torres-Carvajal et al., 2016

Taxonomy

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

The specific name, keyi, is in honor of American physician and amateur herpetologist George Key (1942-1999).[4]

Geographic range

The Key tegu is only found in Ecuador with records from Esmeraldas and Pichincha.[2]

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". Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 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, 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).
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