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 TUPINAMBIS 



TUPINAMBIS TEGUIXIN (Linnaeus) 



I7S8 Lacerta teguixin Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10: 208. Type-locality: Indi is. 

 IBB^i Tupinambis teguixin — Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 2: 335- 



Distribution: Northern Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Guianas. 



Content: Two subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies 



1. Heavily melanistic dorsally, dorsal pattern 



darkened or almost totally obscured 



sebast ian i 



Dorsum with strong contrasts of light and 

 dark areas, not darkened over entire 

 surface tegu ix in 



Clave de subespecies 



1. Dorsalmente densamente melánica, diseño 



dorsal oscuro o casi totalmente oscuro 



sebast ian i 



Dorso con fuerte contraste de áreas claras 

 y oscuras, no oscurecido en la totalidad 

 de su superficie tequ ix in 



Tup i namb i s tequ ix i n tequ ix i n (Linnaeus) 



1768 Seps marmoratus Laurent i. Synopsis Reptilium: 55- Type-locality: Indi is. 



I8O3 Tupinamb is moni tor Oaudin, Hist. Nat. Rept., J: 20. Type-locality: None given. 



1820 Mon i tor ( Tutor ) americanus Goldfuss, Handbuch der Zoologie, Nuremberg, 2: I68. Type- 

 locality: South America. 



1835 Salvator merianae Duméril and Bibron, Erp. Gen., 5= 85. Type-locality: Cayenne, French 

 Guiana; Brazil; and Montevideo, Uruguay. 



1568 Tupinamb i s tequ ix in f tequ ix i n ] — Müller, Die Herpetofauna der 1 nsel von Sao SebastiSo 

 (Brasilien): 31, fig. 10. 



Distribution: Northern Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Guianas. 



Tupi namb i s tequ ix i n sebast ian i Mu Her 



1568 T up inambis tequ ix in sebast ian i Müller, Die Herpetofauna der Insel von SSo SebastiSo 

 (Brasilien): 3I, fig. 10. Type-locality: Isla SSTo SebastiSo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



Distribution: Known only from Isla Sao SebastiSo, Brazil. 



