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Tupinambis teguixin (Black Tegu, Golden Tegu; Columbian tegu)

Synonyms:

Wikipedia Abstract

The gold tegu, also known as golden tegu, common tegu, black tegu, Colombian tegu and Tiger Lizard (on Trinidad), is a species of tegu. Its old scientific name (synonym) was Tupinambis nigropunctatus but it has since renamed to Tupinambis teguixin.
View Wikipedia Record: Tupinambis teguixin

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  3.909 lbs (1.773 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  15 grams
Female Weight [1]  2.943 lbs (1.335 kg)
Male Weight [1]  4.877 lbs (2.212 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  65.7 %
Gestation [1]  5 months 4 days
Litter Size [1]  7
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  16 years
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  14 inches (35 cm)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Terrestrial

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No
Cerrado Brazil No
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Tejidotaenia appendiculata[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0