Callopistes flavipunctatus (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839)

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Higher Taxa	Teiidae, Tupinambinae, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: False Monitor
Synonym	Aporomera flavipunctata DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 72 Callopistes flavipunctatus — GRAY 1845: 17 Tejovaranus Branickii STEINDACHNER 1877: 93 Callopistes flavipunctatus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 88 Callopistes flavipunctatus — BONETTI 2002: 170 Tejovaranus flavipunctatus — SCHLÜTER 2004 Callopistes flavipunctatus — KOCH 2010
Distribution	Peru, S Ecuador (interandean valleys) Type locality: Tropical South America
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: MNHN-RA 8298 and MNHN-RA 8298A Syntypes: NMW [Tejovaranus Branickii]
Diagnosis
Comment	Synonymy that of PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970. Karyotype: Gorman (1970: 238) noticed that the karyotypes of the two Callopistes species are “indistinguishable” and “unique among lizards.”
Etymology	The species has been named after Latin flavus = yellow and punctatus = spotted and refers to the dorsal color pattern.
References	Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, L.; Vieira, J. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 pp. - get paper here Bonetti, Mathilde 2002. 100 Sauri. Mondadori (Milano), 192 pp. - get paper here Chávez, G. & Venegas, P. 2007. Looking for Macanches in the dry forest of Peru. Reptilia (GB) (51): 54-59 - get paper here Crespo, S. & C. Koch 2015. Notes on natural history and distribution of Callopistes flavipunctatus (Squamata: Teiidae) in northwestern Peru. Salamandra 51 (1): 57-60 - get paper here Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5. Roret/Fain et Thunot, Paris, 871 pp. - get paper here Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 - get paper here Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - get paper here Koch, C. 2010. Geheimnisvolles Peru. Reptilia (Münster) 15 (82): 36-45 - get paper here KOCH, CLAUDIA; PABLO J. VENEGAS, ROY SANTA CRUZ, WOLFGANG BÖHME 2018. Annotated checklist and key to the species of amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the northern Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley of the Marañón River and its tributaries. Zootaxa 4385 (1): 001–101 - get paper here Lemm, Jeffrey M. and Eduardo Cueva. 2016. Callopistes flavipunctatus (Yellow-spotted Tegu Monitor) Diet and social behavior. Herpetological Review 47 (1): 133-134 - get paper here Salas, Antonio W. 1995. HERPETOFAUNA PERUANA: UNA VISION PANORAMICA SOBRE INVESTIGACION, CONSERVACION Y MANEJO. Biotempo 2: 125 - get paper here Schlüter, U. 2004. Bemerkungen über Warantejus, Tejovaranus flavipunctatus (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839). Sauria, Berlin 26 (1): 17-21 - get paper here Schlüter, U. 2006. Die Ernährung von Ameiven und Warantejus in der Natur und bei Terrarienhaltung. Reptilia (Münster) 11 (62): 56-62 - get paper here Steindachner, F. 1878. Über zwei Eidechsen-Arten aus Süd-Amerika und Borneo. Denkschr. Kais. Akad. Wiss. (Wien) 38: 93-96 - get paper here Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://markmlucas.com/Monitorgallery.htm https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/reptiliaweb/FichaEspecie/Callopistes… Google images

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