Teuchocercus

Teuchocercus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamily:	Cercosaurinae
Genus:	Teuchocercus Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969[1]

Teuchocercus is a genus of lizards endemic to South America. The genus contains only one species.^[1]

Species

• Teuchocercus keyi Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, keyi, is in honor of American physician and amateur herpetologist George Key (1942-1999).^[2]

Geographic range

T. keyi is only found in Ecuador.^[1]

References

1. "Teochocercus keyi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. 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. (Teuchocercus keyi, p. 140).

Further reading

• Fritts TH, Smith HM. 1969. A New Teiid Lizard Genus from Western Ecuador. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 72 (1): 54-59. (Teuchocercus, new genus; Teuchocercus keyi, new species).