Callopistes maculatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Teiidae |
Genus: | Callopistes |
Species: | C. maculatus
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Binomial name | |
Callopistes maculatus
Gravenhorst, 1838
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Callopistes maculatus, also known as the dwarf tegu, Chilean dwarf tegu, [2] spotted false monitor or Chilean iguana (in Spanish iguana Chilena), is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. [1] [3] It is endemic to Chile. [1] [3] [4]
It is the largest lizard of Chile, reaching a 50 centimetres (20 in) length. A diurnal species, it mainly preys upon insects, although it also eats other, smaller lizards, snakes and small birds and mammals. [2]
Callopistes maculatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Teiidae |
Genus: | Callopistes |
Species: | C. maculatus
|
Binomial name | |
Callopistes maculatus
Gravenhorst, 1838
|
Callopistes maculatus, also known as the dwarf tegu, Chilean dwarf tegu, [2] spotted false monitor or Chilean iguana (in Spanish iguana Chilena), is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. [1] [3] It is endemic to Chile. [1] [3] [4]
It is the largest lizard of Chile, reaching a 50 centimetres (20 in) length. A diurnal species, it mainly preys upon insects, although it also eats other, smaller lizards, snakes and small birds and mammals. [2]