Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: July 22nd, 2024. Taxonomy of the family Teiidae Bibliography of the genus Crocodilurus Biodiversity of the family Teiidae Genus Crocodilurus Crocodile Teju Krokodilschwanzteju, Krokodilschwanzechse Krokodilleteju 1825 Crocodilurus Spix (type species: Crocodilurus amazonicus Spix 1825) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Crocodilurus amazonicus Crocodile Teju Krokodilschwanzteju, Krokodilschwanzechse Krokodilleteju 1825 Crocodilurus amazonicus Spix 1825 Crocodilurus ocellatus Spix (Massary & Hoogmoed 2001) Remarks: In most older literature referred to as Crocodilurus lacertinus (Daudin 1802), a name demonstrated to be a synonym of Neusticurus bicarinatus by Massary & Hoogmoed (2001). An old record from Paraguay was almost certainly based on Dracaena paraguayensis (Scott & Cacciali 2011). Distribution: Brazil (Amapa, Amazonas, Para, Rondonia, Roraima), Colombia, French Guiana, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela.