Dicrodon holmbergi

Dicrodon holmbergi
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Teiidae
Genus:	Dicrodon
Species:	D. holmbergi
Binomial name
	Dicrodon holmbergi; Schmidt, 1957

Dicrodon holmbergi, also known commonly as Holmberg's desert tegu , is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is endemic to Peru.

Etymology

The specific name, holmbergi, is in honor of American anthropologist Allan R. Holmberg (1909–1966), who collected the holotype in 1947 during his ethnological investigations in Peru.

Geographic range

D. holmbergi is found in western Peru, in the regions of Ancash, La Libertad, and Lambayeque.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. holmbergi is desert, at altitudes around 220 m (720 ft).

Behavior

D. holmbergi is terrestrial.

Diet

Adults of D. holmbergi are mainly herbivorous.

Reproduction

D. holmbergi is oviparous.

References

1 2 3 4 5 Venegas P, Suárez J, Torres C, Perez J, Lehr E (2021). "Dicrodon holmbergi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T48442200A48444208.en. Accessed on 23 March 2024.
1 2 Dicrodon holmbergi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 June 2019.
↑ 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. (Dicrodon holmbergi, p. 125).

Goldberg SR (2008). "Notes on Reproduction of Dicrodon guttulatum, D. heterolepis and D. holmbergi (Squamata: Teidae) from Peru". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 44 (3): 103–106.
Lehr E (2002). Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 208 pp. ISBN 978-3931587680. (in German).
Schmidt KP (1957). "Notes on Lizards of the Genus Dicrodon ". Fieldiana · Zoology 39 (9): 65–71. (Dicrodon holmbergi, new species, pp. 66–71, Figures 10–11).

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Venegas P, Suárez J, Torres C, Perez J, Lehr E (2021). "Dicrodon holmbergi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T48442200A48444208.en. Accessed on 23 March 2024.

[RDB-2] 1 2 Dicrodon holmbergi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 June 2019.

[3] 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. (Dicrodon holmbergi, p. 125).

Dicrodon holmbergi
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Teiidae
Genus:	Dicrodon
Species:	D. holmbergi
Binomial name
*Dicrodon holmbergi* Schmidt, 1957