Dicrodon holmbergi, also known commonly as Holmberg's desert tegu , is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is endemic to Peru.[2]
| Dicrodon holmbergi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | Dicrodon |
| Species: | D. holmbergi
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| Binomial name | |
| Dicrodon holmbergi Schmidt, 1957
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Etymology edit
The specific name, holmbergi, is in honor of American anthropologist Allan R. Holmberg (1909–1966), who collected the holotype in 1947 during his ethnological investigations in Peru.[3]
Geographic range edit
D. holmbergi is found in western Peru, in the regions of Ancash, La Libertad, and Lambayeque.[1]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of D. holmbergi is desert, at altitudes around 220 m (720 ft).[1]
Behavior edit
D. holmbergi is terrestrial.[1]
Diet edit
Adults of D. holmbergi are mainly herbivorous.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Venegas P, Suárez J, Torres C, Perez J, Lehr E (2021). "Dicrodon holmbergi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T48442200A48444208.en. Accessed on 23 March 2024.
- ^ a b Dicrodon holmbergi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 June 2019.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dicrodon holmbergi, p. 125).
Further reading edit
- Goldberg SR (2008). "Notes on Reproduction of Dicrodon guttulatum, D. heterolepis and D. holmbergi (Squamata: Teidae) from Peru". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 44 (3): 103–106.
- Lehr E (2002). Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 208 pp. ISBN 978-3931587680. (in German).
- Schmidt KP (1957). "Notes on Lizards of the Genus Dicrodon ". Fieldiana · Zoology 39 (9): 65–71. (Dicrodon holmbergi, new species, pp. 66–71, Figures 10–11).
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