Dicrodon guttulatum, the Peru desert tegu , is a species of teiid lizard found in Ecuador and Peru.[2] It is herbivorous, with Prosopis pallida making up the majority of its diet. [3]
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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. guttulatum
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| Dicrodon guttulatum (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
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References
edit- ^ Perez, J.; Yánez-Muñoz, M.; Venegas, P.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. (2017). "Dicrodon guttulatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T48444161A48444171. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48444161A48444171.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Dicrodon guttulatum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 June 2019.
- ^ van Leeuwen, Jeroen Peter; Catenazzi, Alessandro; Holmgren, Milena (2011). "Spatial, Ontogenetic, and Sexual Effects on the Diet of a Teiid Lizard in Arid South America". Journal of Herpetology. 45 (4). Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles: 472–477. doi:10.1670/10-154.1. ISSN 0022-1511. S2CID 29731414.