Description of the hemipenial morphology of Tupinambis quadrilineatus Manzani and Abe, 1997 (Squamata, Teiidae) and new records from Piauí, Brazil

By

Silva, Marcelia Basto da
Lima-Filho, Geraldo Rodrigues de
Cronemberger, Áurea
Carvalho, Leonardo Sousa
Manzani, Paulo Roberto
Vieira, Jânia

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

361

Pages

61-72

Subjects

Hemipenis , new records , systematics , Tupinambinae , Tupinambis

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.361.5738

 

Abstract

Few data are available on the morphology of the hemipenis of teiid lizards, especially those of the recently-defined genus Tupinambis, a widely-distributed group of large-bodied lizards. This study provides an illustrated description of the hemipenis of Tupinambis quadrilineatus, which is similar to that of other representatives of the Tupinambinae subfamily. New records of the species from the state of Piauí, in northeastern Brazil, are also presented.