Dicrodon is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. Commonly known as desert tegus, there are three described species.
Desert tegus are found in South America, specifically in Peru and Ecuador.
Desert tegus are the smallest species of tegu.[1]
The following species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid.[2][3]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dicrodon.
The specific name, holmbergi, is honor of American anthropologist Allan R. Holmberg (1909–1966), who collected the holotype in 1947 during his ethnological investigations in Peru.[4]
Dicrodon guttulatum in an illustration by P.J. Smit. Dicrodon is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. Commonly known as desert tegus, there are three described species.
