Tupinambis cryptus MURPHY, JOWERS, LEHTINEN, CHARLES, COLLI, PERES JR, HENDRY & PYRON, 2016
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Tupinambis cryptus
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| Higher Taxa | Teiidae, Tupinambinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | S: Mato de agua, mato pollero, mato real E: Cryptic golden tegu G: Kryptischer Goldteju Portuguese: Teiú, Teju |
| Synonym | Tupinambis cryptus MURPHY, JOWERS, LEHTINEN, CHARLES, COLLI, PERES JR, HENDRY & PYRON 2016 |
| Distribution | Venezuela (west to Falcon), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil (south to the confluence of the Rio Negro and Rio Branco), Colombia (into the Andes in the vicinity of Bucaramango), Trinidad Type locality: Dubulay Ranch on the Berbice River, elevation 200 ft asl, 5.681944–57.533333, Guyana. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: AMNH 140937, male. Size SVL 323 mm, tail broken. Collected 5 March 1994 by Charles J. Cole and Carol R. Townsend. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (1) Five supraoculars (rarely four or six), first supraocular is the longest, second largest in area; (2) last supraocular contacts three ciliaries (rarely two); (3) ventral side of head usually with heavy mottling and black spots; (4) largest pre-femoral scales are imbricate, hexag- onal, and longer than tall; (5) two enlarged supratemporal scales, a second row of enlarged but smaller scales ventral to the two enlarged scales; (6) one occipital usually contacts the interpar- ietal; (7) rostral is readily visible in dorsal view; (8) adult dorsum often has transverse bands that fade with age but are still distinct, does not hold true for the Trinidad and Tobago popula- tions which usually retain well defined bands into adulthood; (9) the anterior corner of the orbit is usually over upper labial four or the seam of upper labials three and four. This species corresponds to clade 4 in the molecular analysis. |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Murphy et al. 216: 12 (Fig. 7). |
| Etymology | Named after cryptus for it similarity to Tupinambis teguixin. On Trinidad it is commonly known as the matte, on Tobago it is called the salempenta. |
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