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Salvator duseni (LÖNNBERG, 1910)

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Higher TaxaTeiidae, Tupinambinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Teiú, Teiú-do-Cerrado, Teiú-Paraense 
SynonymTupinambis duseni LÖNNBERG 1910
Tupinambis rufescens — PRESCH 1973 (part.)
Tupinambis duseni — FITZGERALD et al. 1999
Salvator duseni — HARVEY et al. 2012 
DistributionBrazil (Goias, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, S Bahia, S Tocantins), Paraguay

Type locality: Paraná, Brazil.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NRM (NHRM) 22886 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: (1) max. SVL 410 mm, (2) two loreal scales, (3) 14-26 total femoral pores, (4) 84-105 dorsals, (5) 114-151 scales around midbody, (6) 12-17d fourth finger lamellae, (7) scales on nape distinctly larger than dorsals, (8) dorsal scales convex, (9) row of scales between mentals and infralabials present, (10) temporals same size as dorsals, (11) 18-26 prefemorals (after PÉRES & COLLI 2004).  
CommentSympatric with T. teguixin and T. merianae (Abe et al. 1992), at least in Goias, Brazil.

Synonymy: Paraphyletic with other Tupinambis forms (see Fitzgerald et al. 1999). FITZGERALD (1999) also noticed that T. duseni and T. rufescens are genetically very similar but morphologically different. PRESCH (1973) concluded that T. duseni was a junior synonym of T. rufescens while PÉRES & COLLI (2004) consider both as distinct species.

Distribution: See map in Oliveira-Drummond et al. 2014: 1552. Probably also in Bolivia (fide LANGSTROTH 2005).

Authorship. This species is also sometimes attributed to LÖNNBERG 1896. We haven’t checked the 1896 paper but the 1910 paper does describe T. duseni as new.

Similar species: T. rufescens. 
EtymologyNamed after the collector, Dr. P. Dusén. 
References
  • Abe,A.S., Pesantes, O.S. & Manzani,P.R. 1992. Consideracoes sobre o genero Tupinambis (Lacertilia, Teiidae). Resumos XII Congr. Latino-Am. Zool. XIX Congr. Brasil. Zool., Belem, Para: 128
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Cacciali, Pier; Norman J. Scott, Aida Luz Aquino Ortíz, Lee A. Fitzgerald, and Paul Smith 2016. The Reptiles of Paraguay: Literature, Distribution, and an Annotated Taxonomic Checklist. SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF THE MUSEUM OF SOUTHWESTERN BIOLOGY, NUMBER 11: 1–373 - get paper here
  • Campos, Vitor A.; Fabrício H. Oda, Rogério J. Custódio, Valdinei C. Koppe, Aline Dartora 2011. First state record and distribution extension of Tupinambis duseni Lönnberg, 1910 (Squamata: Sauria: Teiidae) from Mato Grosso state, central Brazil. Herpetology Notes 4: 001-003 - get paper here
  • Fitzgerald, Lee A., Joseph A. Cook and A. Luz Aquino 1999. Molecular phylogenetics and conservation of Tupinambis (Sauria: Teiidae). Copeia 1999 (4): 894-905 - get paper here
  • Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here
  • HARVEY, MICHAEL B.; GABRIEL N. UGUETO & RONALD L. GUTBERLET, Jr. 2012. Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459: 1–156 - get paper here
  • Langstroth, R.P. 2005. Adiciones probables y confirmadas para la saurofauna boliviana. Kempffiana 1 (1): 101-128
  • Lönnberg, E. 1896. Linnean type-specimens of birds, reptiles, batrachians, and fishes in the Zoological Museum of the Royal Univeristy of Upsala. [type catalogue] Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens. Handlingar, Stockholm 22 (4) l: 1-45 - get paper here
  • Lönnberg, E.; Andersson, L. G. 1910. A new lizard and a new frog from Paraná. Arkiv för Zoologi 6 (9): 1-11 [1909] - get paper here
  • Manzani, Paulo Roberto & Abe, Augusto Shinya 2002. A new species of Tupinambis Daudin, 1803 from Southeastern Brazil (Squamata, Teiidae). Arquivos do Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro 60 (4): 295-302
  • Oliveira-Drummond, Leandro de, António Jorge do Rosário Cruz, Henrique Caldeira Costa, Caryne Aparecida de Carvalho Braga1549-1554 2014. New records of the teiid lizards Kentropyx paulensis (Boettger, 1893) and Tupinambis duseni Lönnberg, 1910 (Squamata: Teiidae) from the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Check List 10 (6): 1549-1554 - get paper here
  • Péres, Jr., A. K. and G. R. Colli 2004. The Taxonomic Status of Tupinambis Rufescens and T. Duseni (Squamata: Teiidae), with a Redescription of the Two Species. Occasional Papers of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. 15:1-12.
  • Presch,W. 1973. A review of the tejus lizard genus Tupinambis (Sauria: Teiidae) from South America. Copeia 1973 (4): 740-746 - get paper here
  • Valdujo, Paula Hanna; Cristiano de Campos Nogueira; Leandro Baumgarten; Flavio Henrique Guimarães Rodrigues; Reuber Albuquerque Brandão; André Eterovic; Mário Barroso Ramos-Neto; Otavio A. V. Marques 2009. Squamate Reptiles from Parque Nacional das Emas and surroundings, Cerrado of Central Brazil. Check List 5 (3): 405–417 - get paper here
  • Vitt, L. J.; Caldwell, J. P.; Colli, G. R.; Garda, A. A.; Mesquita, D. O.; França, F. G. R. e Balbino, S. F. 2002. Um guia fotográfico dos répteis e anfíbios da região do Jalapão no Cerrado brasileiro. Norman, Oklahoma: Special Publications in Herpetology. San Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
 
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