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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Teiidae
Bibliography of the genus Teius
Biodiversity of the family Teiidae








Genus
Teius

Typical Tejus

Eigentliche Tejus

Egentlige Tejuer

1820 Teius Merrem (type species: Teius viridis Merrem 1820)
1826 Tejus Fitzinger (type species: Lacerta teyou Daudin 1802; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1830 Acrantus Wagler (type species: Lacerta teyou Daudin 1802; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
Contents: 3 species, of which 1 (33.3%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: S. South America.
Reported from: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo), Paraguay, Uruguay.

Teius oculatus

Green Teju, (Four-toed Whiptail Lizard)

Grüne Teju

Grøn Teju

1837 Ameiva oculata D'Orbigny & Bibron
Teius oculatus Cei & Lescure 1985
1847 Ameiva caelestis D'Orbigny & Bibron [part; not D'Orbigny & Bibron 1837] (Cei & Lescure 1985; Cei 1993)

Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of teyou (e.g., Müller 1880; Boulenger 1885; Peracca 1895; Burt & Burt 1930; Amaral 1937; Liebermann 1939; Vanzolini 1953; Hellmich 1960; Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970; Cei 1980). Revalidated by Cei & Lescure (1985).
Distribution: Argentina, Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo), Paraguay, Uruguay.


Teius suquiensis

Córdoba Teju

Córdoba-Teju

Cordoba-teju

1991 Teius suquiensis Avila & Martori

Distribution: Argentina.


Teius teyou

Paraguayan Teju, (Teyu, Four-toed Teju)

Vierzehen-Teju

Paraguay-teju

1802 Lacerta teyou Daudin
Tejus teyou Fitzinger 1826
Dicrodon teyou Fitzinger 1843
Acrantus teyou Gray 1845
Teius teyou Peracca 1895
1820 Teius viridis Merrem (Cei & Lescure 1985; Cei 1993)
1823 Ameiva teju Lichtenstein (Cei & Lescure 1985; Cei 1993)
1847 Ameiva caelestis D'Orbigny & Bibron [part; not D'Orbigny & Bibron 1837] (Cei & Lescure 1985)
1928 Teius teyou cyanogaster Müller (Cei & Lescure 1985; Cei 1993)
Teius cyanogaster Blair, Hulse & Mares 1976

Remarks: Some authors have regarded cyanogaster as a separate species (e.g., Blair, Hulse & Mares 1976; Fugler 1989).
Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul), Paraguay.