IRMNG - Teius Merrem, 1820

IRMNG taxon details

Teius Merrem, 1820

IRMNG_ID

1437674 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1437674)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Teiidae Gray, 1827

Synonymised names

Tejus Schinz in Schinz-Cuvier, 1822 · unaccepted

Teyus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted

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Species Teius oculatus d'Orbigny & Bibron, 1837
Species Teius suquiensis Avila & Martori, 1991
Species Teius teyou Daudin, 1802
Species Teius crocodilurus Merrem, 1820 accepted as Dracaena guianensis Daudin, 1802
Species Teius cyanogaster Blair Hulse & Mares, 1976 accepted as Teius teyou Daudin, 1802
Species Teius intermedius Gray, 1831 accepted as Kentropyx intermedius Gray, 1831
Species Teius nigropunctatus Gray, 1845 accepted as Tupinambis teguixin Linnaeus, 1758
Species Teius ocellifer Spix, 1825 accepted as Cnemidophorus ocellifer Spix, 1825
Species Teius rufescens Günther, 1871 accepted as Tupinambis rufescens Günther, 1871
Species Teius teguexim Bates, 1864 accepted as Tupinambis teguixin Linnaeus, 1758
Species Teius teguixim Gray, 1845 accepted as Tupinambis merianae Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Species Teius teguixin Gray, 1838 accepted as Tupinambis teguixin Linnaeus, 1758
Species Teius teyou Hensel, 1868 accepted as Teius oculatus d'Orbigny & Bibron, 1837
Species Teius tritaeniatus Spix, 1825 accepted as Ameiva ameiva Linnaeus, 1758
Species Teius viridis Merrem, 1820 accepted as Teius teyou Daudin, 1802

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Tent. Syst. Amph., 13
page(s): 60 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Teius Merrem, 1820. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1437674 on 2025-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (9)
Notes (1)

original description Tent. Syst. Amph., 13
page(s): 60 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Duellman, 1982 [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Duellman, 1982 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Teyus Cuvier, 1829) Règne an., ed. 2, 2, 29
page(s): 30 [details]

original description (of Tejus Schinz in Schinz-Cuvier, 1822) in Schinz-Cuvier, Thierreichs, 2, vii, 36-39
page(s): 834 [details]

Unreviewed

Nomenclatural status available [details]