Tupinambis zuliensis MURPHY, JOWERS, LEHTINEN, CHARLES, COLLI, PERES JR, HENDRY & PYRON, 2016
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Tupinambis zuliensis
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| Higher Taxa | Teiidae, Tupinambinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Maracaibo Basin Tegu Lizard |
| Synonym | Tupinambis zuliensis MURPHY, JOWERS, LEHTINEN, CHARLES, COLLI, PERES JR, HENDRY & PYRON 2016 |
| Distribution | Venzuela (Zulia) Type locality: Encontrados, Zulia, Venezuela (~9.057–72.233). |
| Reproduction | oviparous. Duellman 2005 reports a clutch size of five from a 274 mm SVL female (cited by Murphy et al. 2016, without saying which name Duellman used). |
| Types | Holotype FMNH 2599d, a 273 mm SVL male with a 537 mm tail. Collected by Ned Dearborn. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A Tupinambis with (1) five supraoculars, the second is the longest and the largest in area; (2) last supraocular contacts two ciliaries; (3) ventral side of head with mottling and black spots; (4) largest prefemoral scales are taller than long, juxtaposed to slightly imbricate, and quadrangular to slightly hexagonal; (5) supratemporal scales two or three in a single row; (6) three or more occipitals at interparietal; (7) rostral barely visible from dorsal view; (8) dor- sum with indistinct transverse bands with longitudinal rows of white to yellow spots; (9) the anterior corner of the orbit is usually over upper labial four. This species correspond to clade three. |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Silva et al. 2018. |
| Etymology | This lizard is named after the Venezuela state it occurs in, Zulia. |
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