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Higher TaxaTeiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Lagartixa, Lagarto-Verde, Teiú, Teju-Verde, Tiú-Verdadeiro, Tiú-Verde 
SynonymAmeiva oculata D’ORBIGNY & BIBRON 1837
Acrantus viridis DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 143 (part.)
Acrantus teyou GRAY 1845 (part.)
Ameiva caelestis D’ORBIGNY & BIBRON 1847 (part.)
Teius teyou — HENSEL 1868
Dicrodon caelestis — PETERS 1869
Callopistes celestis — MÜLLER 1880
Teius teyou — BOULENGER 1885
Acrantus viridis — COPE 1885: 189
Teius teyou teyou MÜLLER 1928
Callopistes maculatus maculatus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 88
Teius oculatus — CEI & LESCURE 1985
Teius oculatus — CEI 1993
Teius oculatus — HARVEY et al. 2012 
DistributionS Brazil (Paraná [HR 27: 216], Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina (Buenos Aires, Entre Rios, Santa Fe, Chaco, San Luis, La Pampa, Formosa, Corrientes, Rio Negro)

Type locality: Buenos Aires, Argentina (fide CEI & LESCURE 1985)  
Reproductionoviparous; bisexual 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 2656 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy after Cei 1993. Listed as Ameiva oculata in the synonymy of Callopistes maculatus maculatus by PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 88.

In many collections, specimens of Teius oculatus are frequently misidentified. Recent keys (e.g., Cei 1993; Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) and reviews (e.g., Avila & Martori 1991) are not very helpful for identifying these lizards. Available descriptions of the unisexual species T. suquiensis are so incomplete, that we had little option but to ignore this species in our generic account. Nonetheless, the bisexual species are remarkably different from one another. Unlike T. oculatus (characters in parentheses), T. teyou has parietals arrayed in oblique rows and separated by small scales (three regular parietals), ten longitudinal ventral rows (eight), and keeled proximal subcaudals (smooth). The habitus of these species is strikingly different. Teius oculatus is much shorter and more robust than T. teyou. The rostral frequently contacts the prefrontal in T. oculatus; we have not observed this trait in T. teyou [HARVEY et a. 2012].

Distribution: see map in Cacciali et al. 2016: Fig. 1. 
References
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