Argentine Black and White Tegu
Salvator merianae Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Also calledArgentinsk Tegu (dan) · Jacuraru (por) · Lagarto (por) · Lagarto Overo (spa) · Lagarto-Comum (por) · Lagarto-Tejo (por) · Schwarzweißer Teju (deu) · Tegu (por) · Tegu blanco y negro (spa) · Teiuaçu (por) · Teiú (por) · Teiú-Açu (por) · Teiú-Branco (por) · Teiú-Brasileiro (por)
First described in: Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Ceara, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio Grande do Norte, and Sergipe. It is widespread in the Caatinga and with annual mean temperature 20 to 28 ° C along eight ecoregions (Table 1; Appendix S 3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (5 - 919 m a. s. l.), with annual mean temperature 21 to 28 ° C, and annual average annual rainfall between 412 and 1,573 mm.
Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Caatinga, northeastern Brazil: Detailed and updated overview
description
Pertinent taxonomic references. Duméril & Bibron (1839), Gray (1845), Boulenger (1885), Peters & Donoso-Barros (1970), Müller (1971), Presch (1973), Hoogmoed & Lescure (1975), Vanzolini et al. (1980), Cunha et al. (1985), Ávila-Pires (1995), Colli et al. (1998), Fitzgerald et al. (1999), Harvey et al. (2012).
Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. III. Anguidae, Scincidae, Teiidae
distribution
Distribution and habitat. Salvator merianae is widespread in the central portion of cis-Andean South America, occurring in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay (Fig. 9). It is present in Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, Cerrado, Chaco, Pampas, and in enclaves of open vegetation in southern Amazonia. In Brazil it is known also from the states of Pará, Tocantins, Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, and in the Distrito Federal. Salvator merianae is terrestrial and diurnal, inhabits a number of environments, from open savannas to semidecidual forests, areas of resting, and perianthropic situations, including urban areas, agricultural fields and pastures, where it is found on the ground (Cunha et al. 1985; Vitt 1995; Gainsbury & Colli 2003; Rodrigues 2003; da Silva et al. 2006; Uetanabaro et al. 2007; Vaz-Silva et al. 2007; Costa et al. 2009; Silva Jr et al. 2009; Valdujo et al. 2009; Souza et al. 2010; Couto-Ferreira et al. 2011; Recoder et al. 2011; Silva-Soares et al. 2011; Morais et al. 2012; Ri
Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. III. Anguidae, Scincidae, Teiidae
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