Key tegu

Key tegu
Scientific classification
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[1]
	Teuchocercus keyi Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969

The Key tegu (Echinosaura keyi) is a species of lizard endemic to Ecuador.^[1]

Taxonomy

Echinosaura keyi is the type species of the genus Echinosaura.^[1] This genus was formerly known as Teuchocercus Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969,^[2] but it is no longer recognized.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, keyi, is in honor of American physician and amateur herpetologist George Key (1942-1999).^[3]

Geographic range

The Key tegu is only found in Ecuador with records from Esmeraldas and Pichincha.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Echinosaura keyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2018.
↑ 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).
↑ 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. (Teuchocercus keyi, p. 140).

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[RDB-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Echinosaura keyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2018.

[fritts1969-2] 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).

[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. (Teuchocercus keyi, p. 140).