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Salvator rufescens (GÜNTHER, 1871)

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Higher TaxaTeiidae, Tupinambinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Red Tegu
G: Roter Teju 
SynonymTeius rufescens GÜNTHER 1871: 541
Tupinambis rufescens — BOULENGER 1885: 335
Tupinambis rufescens — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970
Tupinambis rufescens — PRESCH 1973: 743
Tupinambis teguixin sebastiani MÜLLER (fide PRESCH 1973)
Tupinambis rufescens — CEI 1993
Tupinambis rufescens — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Tupinambis rufescens — SCROCCHI et al. 2010: 200
Salvator rufescens — HARVEY et al. 2012
Tupinambis rufescens — AVILA et al. 2013
Salvator rufescens — AVILA et al. 2021 
DistributionW Argentina (Chaco, La Rioja, San Juan [HR 31: 185], Mendoza, Córdoba, San Luis, La Pampa), Paraguay, Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz, Tarija)

Type locality: Mendoza, Argentina  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 74.3.27.1 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: (1) max. SVL 614 mm, (2) two loreal scales, (3) 7-20 total femoral pores, (4) 121-151 dorsals, (5) 130-187 scales around midbody, (6) 13-20 fourth finger lamellae, (7) scales on nape of same size as dorsals, (8) dorsal scales smooth, (9) row of scales between mentals and infralabials present, (10) temporals smaller than dorsals, (11) 25-34 prefemorals (after PÉRES & COLLI 2004). 
CommentSimilar species: T. duseni

Distribution: Not in Brazil (Parana) fide COSTA & BERNILS 2015. 
EtymologyNamed after the present participle of the Latin “rufescere”, which means “to become reddish”. 
References
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