| Higher Taxa | Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | |
| Synonym | Teius suquiensis AVILA & MARTORI 1991
Teius suquiensis — CABRERA 2007
Teius suquiensis — HARVEY et al. 2012 |
| Distribution | Argentina (Cordoba, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe)
Type locality: Bialet Massé (Villa Caeiro), Depto. Punilla, Prov. Córdoba, Argentina
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| Reproduction | parthenogenetic species. |
| Types | Holotype: FML 02537; paratypes: UNRC-DCN-ZV, FML |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Teius suquiensis is unisexual. The rostral scale is separated from the frontonasal scale by the nasal scales. The colour pattern and number of dorsolateral spots are quite constant. The spots are distinctly black and range from 16-22 on each side. They are usually symmetrical, quadrangular, longer than wide and in the midbody separated by the width of two spots. This pattern is conspicuously different from that of the other two species. In T. oculatus the quantity and definition of the spots is reduced and in T. teyou they are numerous but irregular and united by a longitudinal black bar (see Fig. 2). (Avila & Martori 1991) |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Cacciali et al. 2016: Fig. 1. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality, Rio Suquia (formerly Rio Primero), where the species was first discovered. |
| References |
- Avila L J; Martori R A 1991. A unisexual species of Teius Merrem 1820 (Sauria Teiidae) from central Argentina. Tropical Zoology 4 (2): 193-201 - get paper here
- Avila, Luciano J. 1995. Teius suquiensis: Ampliación de su distribución geográfica y primera cita para la Provincia de Santa Fe. Cuadernos de Herpetologia 9 (1): 57-58 - get paper here
- AVILA, LUCIANO JAVIER; LORENA ELIZABETH MARTINEZ & MARIANA MORANDO 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238 - get paper here
- Brizuela, S. and A.M. Albino 2009. The dentition of the Neotropical lizard genus Teius Merrem 1820 (Squamata Teiidae). Tropical Zoology 22: 183-193 - get paper here
- Cabrera, Mario R. 2007. Reptilia, Squamata, Teiidae, Teius suquiensis: New evidence of recent expansion of this parthenogenetic lizard? Check List 3 (3): 180-184 - get paper here
- Cacciali, PIER; MARIANA Morando, Gunther Köhler, Luciano Avila 2016. On the distribution of the genus Teius Merrem, 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae) . Zootaxa 4136 (3): 491–514 - get paper here
- Cespedez, Jorge; Pier Cacciali, Martha Motte, Juan Cespedez 2017. Teius suquiensis AVILA & MATORI, 1991, from Santiago del Estero, Argentina: first record and potential case of range extension. Herpetozoa 30 (1/2): 76 - 78 - get paper here
- Espeche, B. A., Brigada, A. M., & Rivera, P. C. 2023. Morphometric Variability in Lizards of the Genus Teius: A Comparative Study of Species with Different Reproductive Modes. Journal of Herpetology 57 (2): 238-245 - get paper here
- Grierson, Maria Cecilia; Rimoldi, Pablo Guillermo 2020. Teius suquiensis: extension of its geographical distribution and first record for the pampean eco-region (Southern Santa Fe Province, Argentina). Cuad. herp. 34 (1): - 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
- Martori, R.A. & L. Aun 1993. Reproductive cycle of the parthenogenetic lizard Teius suquiensis Amphibia-Reptilia, 14(4): 389-393. - get paper here
- Minoli, Ignacio; Pier Cacciali, Mariana Morando and Luciano Javier Avila 2019. Predicting spatial and temporal effects of climate change on the South American lizard genus Teius (Squamata: Teiidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 40 (3): 313–326 - get paper here
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