Echinosaura keyi (FRITTS & SMITH, 1969)

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Higher Taxa	Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Key Tegu S: Lagartija minadora tropical
Synonym	Teuchocercus keyi FRITTS & SMITH 1969 Teuchocercus keyi — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2001 Teuchocercus keyi — FRITTS et al. 2002 Teuchocercus keyi — KÖHLER et al. 2004 Echinosaura keyi — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2016 Echinosaura keyi — YÁNEZ-MUÑOZ et al. 2021
Distribution	Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Type locality: Ecuador, Pichincha, 4 km E Rio Baba bridge, 600 m
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 80451
Diagnosis
Comment	Possibly a species of Echinosaura. Type species: Teuchocercus keyi FRITTS & SMITH 1969 is the type species of the genus Teuchocercus FRITTS & SMITH 1969. Distribution: see map in Vásquez-Restrepo & Daza 2025: 132 (Fig. 2)
Etymology	Named after Dr. George Key (1942-1999), a physician and amateur herpetologist who collected amphibians and reptiles in Ecuador for the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology.
References	Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, L.; Vieira, J. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 pp. - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Carrera, C. et al. 2009. Guía de Campo de los Pequeños Vertebrados del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito (DMQ). Publicación Miscelánea N° 5. Serie de Publicaciones del Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales (MECN) – Fondo Ambiental del MDMQ. 1-89 pp. Imprenta Nuevo Arte. Quito-Ecuador. Fritts, T.H. & SMITH, H.M. 1969. A new teiid lizard genus from Western Ecuador. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 72: 54-59 - get paper here Fritts, Thomas H., Ana Almendáriz and Sissi Samec 2002. A new species of Echinosaura (Gymnophthalmidae) from Ecuador and Colombia with comments on other members of the genus and Teuchocercus keyi. Journal of Herpetology 36 (3): 349-355 - get paper here Köhler, G.; Böhme, W. & Schmitz, A. 2004. A new species of Echinosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 38 (1): 52-60 - 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 Torres-Carvajal, O. 2001. Lizards of Ecuador: Checklist, Distribution, and Systematic References. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (131): 1-35 - get paper here Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Simón E. Lobos, Pablo J. Venegas, Germán Chávez, Vanessa Aguirre-Peñafiel, Daniel Zurita, Lourdes Y. Echevarría 2016. Phylogeny and biogeography of the most diverse clade of South American gymnophthalmid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 63-75, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.006 Vásquez-Restrepo, J. D., & Daza, J. M. 2025. A new species of hedgehog-lizard of the genus Echinosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Colombia and Panama with a reevaluation of the conservation status of the genus. Zootaxa 5583(1): 128-142 - get paper here Yánez-Muñoz MH, Torres-Carvajal O, Reyes-Puig JP, Urgiles-Merchán MA, Koch C. 2021. A new and very spiny lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Echinosaura) from the Andes in northwestern Ecuador. PeerJ 9:e12523 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/reptiliaweb/FichaEspecie/Echinosaura%20keyi Google images

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