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Taxonomy of the genus Tupinambis Biodiversity of the family Teiidae

Bibliography of the genus
Tupinambis (Northern Tejus)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Teiidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Tupinambis in general

Abe, A.S.; Pesantes, O.S.; Manzani, P.R. 1992. Consideracões sobre a gênero Tupinambis (Lacertilia, Teiidae). - Resumos XII Congresso Latinoamerican de Zoologia, XIX Congresso Brasileira de Zoologia. Belem, Para. 128 pp.

Chani, J.M. 1993. Criadero de iguanas, un modelo familiar. Serie Conservacion de la Naturaleza 6: 1-18.

Colli, G.R.; Peres, A.K.; Cunha, H.J. da 1998. A new species of Tupinambis (Squamata: Teiidae) from central Brazil, with an analysis of morphological and genetic variation in the genus. Herpetologica 54(4): 477-492.

Dessem, D. 1985. Ontogenetic changes in the dentition and diet of Tupinambis (Lacertilia: Teiidae). Copeia 1985(1): 245-247.

Fitzgerald, L.A. 1994. The interplay between life history and environmental stochasticity: implications for the management of exploited lizard populations. American Zoologist 34(3): 371-381.

Fitzgerald, L.A.; Cook, J.A.; Aquino, A.L. 1999. Molecular phylogenetics and conservation of Tupinambis (Sauria: Teiidae). Copeia 1999(4): 894-905.

Fitzgerald, L.A.; Porini, G.; Lichtschein, V. 1994. El manejo de Tupinambis en Argentina: historia, estado actual y perspectivas futuras. Interciencia 19(4): 166-170, 215-216, 218.

Haddad, V.; Duarte, M.R.; Garrone Neto, D. 2008. Tegu (Teiu) bite: Report of human injury caused by a Teiidae lizard. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 19(2): 111-113.

Köhler, G.; Langerwerf, B. 2000. Tejus. Lebensweise, Pflege, Zucht. Herpeton, Offenbach. 78 pp.

Matz, G. 1977. Die Tejus der Gattung Tupinambis. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 30(5): 172-174.

Mieres, M.M.; Fitzgerald, L.A. 2006. Monitoring and managing the harvest of Tegu Lizards in Paraguay. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(6): 1723-1734.

National Research Council 1991. Microlivestock: little-known small animals with a promising economic future. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. 449 pp.

Papa, L.M. del 2015. Utilización de reptiles durante el periodo Agroalfarero de la región Chaco-Santiagueña, Argentina. Archaeofauna 24: 7-26.

Philippen, D. 1989. Tejus vor der Ausrottung? DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 42(8): 455.

Presch, W. 1973. A review of the tegus, lizard genus Tupinambis (Sauria, Teiidae) from South America. Copeia 1973(4): 740-746.

Presch, W. 1981. Teiidae Gray, 1827 (Reptilia, Sauria): proposed conservation Z.N.(S.) 1920. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(3): 194-196.

Rieppel, O. 1980. The trigeminal jaw adductor musculature of Tupinambis, with comments on the phylogenetic relationships of the Teiidae (Reptilia, Lacertilia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 69(1): 1-29.

Taylor, J.F. 2003. Genus Tupinambis Tegus. Reptilia (GB) 27: 43-49.

Vit, Z. 1977. [Lizards of the genus Tupinambis Daudin 1802]. (In Polish, English summary). Przeglad Zoologiczny 21(1): 74-77.

Waller, T. 1986. Iguanas, Tupinambis sp., Hoy. Amphibia & Reptilia (Conservacion) 1(2): 49-50.

Tupinambis longilineus

Costa, H.C.; Sao-Pedro, V. de A.; Peres, A.K.; Feio, R.N. 2008. Reptilia, Squamata, Teiidae, Tupinambis longilineus: distribution extension. Check List 4(3): 267-268.

Lima, A.C.; Pimenta, F.E. 2008. Reptilia, Squamata, Teiidae, Tupinambis longilineus: distribution extension. Check List 4(3): 240-243.

Tupinambis matipu

Silva, M.B.; Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A.; Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. 2018. A new species of Tupinambis Daudin, 1802 (Squamata: Teiidae) from Central South America. Journal of Herpetology 52(1): 94-110.

Tupinambis palustris

Manzani, P.R.; Abe, A.S. 2002. A new species of Tupinambis Daudin, 1803 from southeastern Brazil (Squamata, Teiidae). Arquivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 60(4): 295-302.

Tupinambis quadrilineatus

Abrahão Morato, S.A.; Meer, P.M. van der; Bornschein, M.R.; Vieira Capela, D.J.; Almeida Ulandowski, L.K.M. de; Zampier, A.C. 2015. Range extension for Tupinambis quadrilineatus Manzani and Abe, 1997 (Squamata: Teiidae), with notes on habitats and aquatic behavior. Herpetology Notes 8: 571-573.

Colli, G.R.; Peres, A.K.; Cunha, H.J. da 1998. A new species of Tupinambis (Squamata: Teiidae) from central Brazil, with an analysis of morphological and genetic variation in the genus. Herpetologica 54(4): 477-492.

Ferreira, L.V.; Pereira, J.L.G.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Chaves, P.P.; Andrade Cunha, D. de; Silva Furtado, C. da 2009. Primeira ocorrencia de Tupinambis quadrilineatus Manzani & Abe, 1997 (Squamata: Teiidae) no bioma Amazonia. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi Ciencias Naturais 4(3): 355-361.

Freitas, M.A. de; Barbosa de Moura, G.J. 2013. Geographic distribution: Tupinambis quadrilineatus. Herpetological Review 44(2): 274.

Freitas, M.A. de; Oliveira-Lima, T. de; França, D.P.F. de 2011. Geographic distribution: Tupinambis quadrilineatus. Herpetological Review 42(3): 392.

Guimares, T.C.S.; Figueiredo, G.B.; Salmito, W.E. 2007. Geographic distribution: Tupinambis quadrilineatus (Teiu). Brazil: Districto Federal. Herpetological Review 38(3): 353-354.

Manzani, P.R.; Abe, A.S. 1997. A new species of Tupinambis Daudin, 1802 (Squamata, Teiidae) from central Brazil. Boletim do Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro (Zoologia) 382: 1-10.

Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A.; Amaral, S. 2016. Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. III. Anguidae, Scincidae, Teiidae. Zootaxa 4205(5): 401-430.

Silva, M.B. da; Lima-Filho, G.R. de; Cronemberger, A.A.; Sousa Carvalho, L.; Manzani, P.R.; Brito Vieira, J. 2013. Description of the hemipenial morphology of Tupinambis quadrilineatus Manzani and Abe, 1997 (Squamata, Teiidae) and new records from Piaui, Brazil. ZooKeys 361: 61-72.

Silveira, A.L. 2009. Reptilia, Squamata, Teiidae, Tupinambis quadrilineatus: distribution extension and geographic distribution map. Check List 5(3): 442-445.

Tupinambis teguixin

Abe, A.S. 1983. Dormancy in the lizard Tupinambis teguixin (Reptilia, Teiidae). (Abstract). Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 16(5-6): 489.

Anderson, R.A.; Vitt, L.J. 1990. Sexual selection versus alternative causes of sexual dimorphism in teiid lizards. Oecologia (Heidelberg) 84(2): 145-157.

Bucke, H. 1970. Erfahrungen mit Tupinambis teguixin. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 23: 282-284.

Cabanac, M. 1984. Conflicts and strategy in a cold environment. Journal of Thermal Biology 9(1-2): 63-66.

Cabanac, M. 1985. Strategies adopted by juvenile lizards foraging in a cold environment. Physiological Zoology 58(3): 262-271.

Campos, Z.; Muniz, F.; Desbiez, A.L.J.; Magnusson, W.E. 2016. Predation on eggs of Schneider's Dwarf Caiman, Paleosuchus trigonatus (Schneider, 1807), by armadillos and other predators. Journal of Natural History 50(25-26): 1543-1548.

Chani, J.M. 1995. Comportamiento agresivo y jerarquias por tamano en Tupinambis teguixin (Sauria: Teiidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 43(1): 81-85.

Chani, J.M.; Cruz, F.; Perotti, G.; Aguirre, M.; Rufino, S. 1994. Rol de la hembra de Tupinambis teguixin (Teiidae), durante la nidificacion. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 42(2): 295-299.

Cooper, W.E. 1993. Strike-induced chemosensory searching by a teiid lizard, the golden tegu (Tupinambis nigropunctatus). Chemoecology 4(2): 79-85.

Cruz Neto, A.P.; Andrade, D.V. 1993. The effect of recent diet on prey odor discrimination by juvenile Tegu Lizard, Tupinambis teguixin (Sauria, Teiidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger (Leipzig) 230(3-4): 123-129.

Dieguez, A.J.; Alves, G.J. 1999. Analisis de restos de invertebrados hallados en una feca de Tupinambis teguixin Linnaeus, 1758 (Squamata, Sauria, Teiidae) en el curso medio del Rio Matanza, Pdo. de Canuelas, Pcia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Biologia Neotropical 2(4): 5-6.

Dijk, P. van; Manley, G.A.; Gallo, L. 1998. Correlated amplitude fluctuations of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions in six lizard species. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 104(3)(1): 1559-1564.

Donadio, O.E.; Gallardo, J.M. 1985. Biologia y conservacion de las especies del genero Tupinambis (Squamata, Sauria Teiidae) en la republica Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales Zoologia 13: 117-127.

Elias, J.A.; McBrayer, L.D.; Reilly, S.M. 2000. Prey transport kinematics in Tupinambis Teguixin and Varanus exanthematicus: conservation of feeding behavior in 'chemosensory-tongued' lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology 203(4): 791-801.

Fitzgerald, L.A. 1994. Tupinambis lizards and people: a sustainable use approach to conservation and development. Conservation Biology 8(1): 12-15.

Fitzgerald, L.A.; Chani, J.M.; Donadio, O.E. 1991. Tupinambis lizards in Argentina: implementing management of a traditionally exploited resource. pp. 303-316. In: Robinson, J.G. & Redford, K.H. (eds.). Neotropical wildlife use and conservation. Chicago University Press, Chicago. 520 pp.

Goeldi, E.A. 1897. Die Eier von 13 brasilianischen Reptilien, nebst Bemerkungen über Lebens- und Fortpflanzungsweise letzterer. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.) 10: 640-676.

Green, B.; Herrera, E.; King, D.; Mooney, N. 1997. Water and energy use in a free-living tropical, carnivorous lizard, Tupinambis teguixin. Copeia 1997(1): 200-203.

Gudynas, E. 1981. Some notes from Uruguay on the behavior, ecology, and conservation of the macroteiid lizard, Tupinambis teguixin. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 16(2): 29-39.

Gudynas, E. 1985. Notas sobre teiidos del Uruguay (Lacertilia: Teiidae), 1. Nuevos registros y distribucion geografica de Tupinambis teguixin, Teius teyou, Cnemidophorus lacertoides y Pantodactylus schreibersii schreibersii. Contribuciones en Biologia Centro Educativo Don Orione 12: 9-17.

Hagmann, G. 1906. Die Eier von Gonatodes humeralis, Tupinambis nigropunctatus und Caiman sclerops. 3. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Lebens- und Fortpflanzungsweise der brasilianischen Reptilien. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere) (Jena) 24: Unpaginated.

Hall, B.J. 1978. Notes on the husbandry, behaviour and breeding of captive tegu lizards Tupinambis teguixin. International Zoo Yearbook 18: 91-95.

Herrera, E.A.; Robinson, M.D. 2000. Reproductive and fat body cycles of the Tegu Lizard, Tupinambis Teguixin, in the Llanos of Venezuela. Journal of Herpetology 34(4): 598-601.

Howard, B. 1985. Tegu lizards (with a note of their attempted breeding). Herptile 10(1): 8-9.

Jackson, J.E.; Bucher, E.H.; Chani, J.M. 1996. Capture of blue-fronted amazons and hunting of vizcachas and Tegu Lizards in Argentina. Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission 12: 9-10, 17-26.

Jarvis, P. 1981. Keeping a pair of golden tegus (Tupinambis nigropunctatus). Rephiberary 50: 3.

Juca Chagas, R. 1996. Analise morfometrica em generos de macroteiideos (Reptilia, Sauria, Teiidae). Revista Unimar 18(2): 355-367.

Juca Chagas, R.; Abe, A.S. 1996. Analise morfometrica em generos de macroteiideos (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Teiidae). pp. 155-164. In: Pefaur, J.E. (ed.). Herpetologia Neotropical. Actas del II Congreso Latinoamericano de Herpetologia. II volumen. Universidad de los Andes, Consejo de Publicaciones, Merida. 451 pp.

King, D.; Green, B.; Herrera, E. 1994. Thermoregulation in a large teiid lizard, Tupinambis teguixin, in Venezuela. Copeia 1994(3): 806-808.

Köhler, G. 1989. Lebensweise Haltung und Nachzucht von Tupinambis teguixin (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sauria: Teiidae). Salamandra 25(1): 25-38.

Köhler, G. 1989. Tupinambis teguixin (Linnaeus). Sauria (Berlin) 11(1): 37-40.

Krieg, H. 1925. Biologische Reisestudien in Südamerika. 4. Beobachtungen über die "Iguana" (Tubinambis teguixin, L.). Zeits. Morph. Ökol. Tiere Berlin 3: 441-541.

Landsmeer, J.M.F. 1990. Functional morphology of the hindlimb in some Lacertilia. European Journal of Morphology 28(1): 3-34.

Langerwerf, B. 1993. The reproduction of the Argentine black and white tegu, Tupinambis teguixin, in captivity. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 42: 18-23.

Langerwerf, B. 1995. Keeping and breeding the Argentine black and white tegu, Tupinambis teguixin. Vivarium (Lakeside) 7(3): 24-29.

Lema, T. de 1962. Consideracões sôbre dos saurios cour cauda dupla (Reptilia, Squamata). Iheringia (Zoologia) 23: 1-6.

Lema, T. de 1983. Bipedalia em Tupinambis teguixin (Linnaeus 1758). (Sauria, Teiidae). Iheringia (Zoologia) 62: 89-119.

Martuscelli, P.; Olmos, F. 1996. Natural history notes: Tupinambis teguixin (Common Tegu). Foraging. Herpetological Review 27(1): 21.

McBrayer, L.D.; White, T.D. 2002. Bite force, behavior, and electromyography in the teiid lizard, Tupinambis Teguixin. Copeia 2002(1): 111-119.

Mercolli, C.; Yanosky, A. 1994. The diet of adult Tupinambis teguixin (Sauria: Teiidae) in the eastern Chaco of Argentina. Herpetological Journal 4(1): 15-19.

Mercolli, C.; Yanosky, A.A. 1990. Repertoire des comportements du teju (Tupinambis teguixin). Sauria: Teiidae. Revue Francaise d'Aquariologie Herpetologie 16(4): 123-132.

Mertens, R. 1946. Über Lacerta monitor Linnaeus. Senckenbergiana 27(4-6): 188.

Milstead, W.W. 1961. Notes on teiid lizards in southern Brazil. Copeia 4: 493-495.

Müller, P. 1966. Doppelschwanzbildung beim Teju. Natur und Museum (Frankfurt Am Main) 96(4): 151-154.

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Punzo, F. 2003. The effects of early experience on subsequent feeding responses in the Tegu, Tupinambis Teguixin (Squamata: Teiidae). Journal of Environmental Biology 24(1): 23-27.

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Yanosky, A.A.; Mercolli, C. 1993. Suppression of dormancy in Tegu Lizards (Tupinambis teguixin) culture at El Bagual Ecological Reserve, Argentine Republic. Archivos de Zootecnia 42(156): 3-12.

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