Key tegu

Key tegu
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Echinosaura
Species:	E. keyi
Binomial name
	Echinosaura keyi; (Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969)
Synonyms
	Teuchocercus keyi ; Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969; Echinosaura keyi ; — Torres-Carvajal et al., 2016;

The Key tegu (Echinosaura keyi), also known commonly as Key's teiid and la lagartija minadora tropical in Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Ecuador.^[2]

Taxonomy

Echinosaura keyi was formerly known as Teuchocercus keyi Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969, and was the type species of the genus Teuchocercus,^[3] but the genus Teuchocercus is no longer recognized.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, keyi, is in honor of American physician and amateur herpetologist George Key (1942–1999).^[4]

Geographic range

The Key tegu is only found in Ecuador with records from Esmeraldas and Pichincha.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. keyi is near streams in forest, at altitudes of 350–1,200 m (1,150–3,940 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

E. keyi is oviparous.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Yánez-Muñoz, M. (2016). "Echinosaura keyi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T50950605A50950612. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T50950605A50950612.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Echinosaura keyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2018.
^ Fritts TH, Smith HM (1969). "A New Teiid Lizard Genus from Western Ecuador". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 72 (1): 54–59. (Teuchocercus, new genus; Teuchocercus keyi, new species).
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Teuchocercus keyi, p. 140).

Torres-Carvajal O (2001). "Lizards of Ecuador: Checklist, Distribution, and Systematic References". Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service (131): 1–35. (Teuchocercus keyi, p. 14).
Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Lobos, Simón E.; Venegas, Pablo J.; Chávez, Germán; Aguirre-Peñafiel, Vanessa; Zurita, Daniel; Echevarría, Lourdes Y. (2016). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the most diverse clade of South American gymnophthalmid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 63–75. (Echinosaura keyi, new combination).
Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D (2019). "Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1) [General Section]: 209–229 (e178). (Echinosaura keyi, p. 213, Table 1). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Yánez-Muñoz, M. (2016). "Echinosaura keyi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T50950605A50950612. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T50950605A50950612.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[RDB-2] Echinosaura keyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2018.

[fritts1969-3] Fritts TH, Smith HM (1969). "A New Teiid Lizard Genus from Western Ecuador". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 72 (1): 54–59. (Teuchocercus, new genus; Teuchocercus keyi, new species).

[4] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Teuchocercus keyi, p. 140).

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