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    Teiidae is a family of Lacertoidean lizards native to the Americas. Members of this family are generally known as whiptails or racerunners; however, tegus...
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    Tupinambis is a lizard genus which belongs to the family Teiidae and contains eight described species. These large lizards are commonly referred to as...
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    and white tegu, or the huge tegu, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is the largest of the "tegu lizards". It is an omnivorous...
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    commonly as Laurenti's whiptail, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae (whiptails). The species is endemic to Curacao, and is oviparous. van Buurt...
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    jungle-runners, is a genus of whiptail lizards that belongs to the family Teiidae. Member species of the genus Ameiva are found in South America, Central...
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    varano (Callopistes flavipunctatus) is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. It is found in northern Peru and southern Ecuador. The species can reach...
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    Callopistes is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. The genus contains two extant species, which are native to Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, as well...
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  • Tupinambis palustris, the swamp tegu, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. It is endemic to Brazil. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14...
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    Kentropyx is a genus of whiptail lizards in the family Teiidae. The genus is endemic to South America including Trinidad and Barbados. There are nine...
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  • Salvator duseni is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is sometimes known commonly as the yellow tegu. It is native to South America...
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    Lacertoidea is a group of squamate reptiles that includes the Lacertidae, Teiidae, Gymnophthalmidae, and Amphisbaenia. The finding from molecular phylogenetic...
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    Teius is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. The genus is native to South America. The genus Teius contains the following three species, listed...
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  • Scincella silvicola (Taylor, 1937) Order: Squamata · Family: Teiidae The teiids (Teiidae) are a family of lizards with elongated bodies, well-developed...
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  • quadrilineatus, the four-lined tegu, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Colli, G.R.; Fenker, J.; Tedeschi, L.; Bataus...
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  • Tupinambis longilineus, the Rondonia tegu, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. It is endemic to Brazil. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14...
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    ; Walker, James M. (September 2010). "Aspidoscelis Sexlineata (Sauria: Teiidae) in Mexico: Distribution, Habitat, Morphology, and Taxonomy". The Southwestern...
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  • 1864) Scincella cherriei (Cope, 1893) Order: Squamata · Family: Teiidae The teiids (Teiidae) are a family of lizards with elongated bodies, well-developed...
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    Dicrodon is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. Commonly known as desert tegus, there are three described species. Desert tegus are found in South...
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    Aspidoscelis is a genus of whiptail lizards in the family Teiidae. The nomenclature for the genus Aspidoscelis was published by T.W. Reeder et al. in...
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  • the South American lizard genus Arthrosaura Boulenger (Reptilia: Sauria: Teiidae), with the resurrection of two species". Zoologische Mededelingen. 66:...
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  • Aurivela is a genus of lizards that belongs to the family Teiidae. There are two species in the genus. Both are endemic to Argentina. There are two species...
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    Salvator is a genus of lizards known as tegus which belong to the family Teiidae. The genus is endemic to South America. Tegus are large reptiles, with...
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    lizards, also commonly called caiman lizards or water tegus, in the family Teiidae, along with tegus and ameivas. Caiman lizards are native to South America...
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    paraguayensis, the Paraguay caiman lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. It is found in Northern Paraguay, Brazil and Bolivia. Paraguay caiman...
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  • 1856) Sphaerodactylus molei Boettger, 1894 Order: Squamata · Family: Teiidae Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758) Ameiva atrigularis Garman, 1887 Cnemidophorus...
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  • This is a list of reptiles in Costa Rica. Genus Basiliscus (brown basilisk, common basilisk, plumed basilisk) Genus Corytophanes (helmeted iguana) Genus...
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    Tegu (category Teiidae)
    common name of a number of species of lizards that belong to the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae. Tegus are native to Central and South America. They...
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  • Tupinambis matipu is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. It is endemic to Brazil. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14. Tupinambis...
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    or true lizards) Family †Mongolochamopidae Family †Adamisauridae Family Teiidae (tegus and whiptails) Family Gymnophthalmidae (spectacled lizards) Infraorder...
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    ground lizard, or Amazon racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae found in Central and South America, and some Caribbean Islands. It is widespread...
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