Herpetology Notes, volume 4: 001-003 (2011) (published online on 18 January 2011)
First state record and distribution extension of Tupinambis duseni Lönnberg, 1910 (Squamata: Sauria: Teiidae) from Mato Grosso state, central Brazil Vitor A. Campos1, Fabrício H. Oda2*, Rogério J. Custódio3, Valdinei C. Koppe4, Aline Dartora3 The genus Tupinambis currently consists of seven species of Tegu Lizards, T. duseni Lönnberg, 1910, T. longilineus Ávila-Pires, 1995, T. merianae Duméril and Bibron, 1839, T. palustris Manzani and Abe, 2002, T. quadrilineatus Manzani and Abe, 1997, T. rufescens Günther, 1871, and T. teguixin Linnaeus, 1758. They are restricted to South America, Andes East (Peters and Donoso-Barros 1970; Presch 1973; Cei and Scolaro 1982; Ávila-Pires 1995; Manzani and Abe 1997; Colli, Péres, Jr. and da Cunha, 1998; Fitzgerald, Cook and Aquino, 1999; Manzani and Abe 2002). Attaining more than 500 mm SVL (snout–vent length), they are the largest terrestrial lizards in New World and the largest members of the family Teiidae (Fitzgerald, Cruz and Perotti, 1993). Tupinambis duseni Lönnberg, 1910 is apparently endemic to the Cerrado biome (Péres and Colli 2004). This species is typical of open areas and preferentially inhabits savanic and campestre physiognomies (Colli,
1 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa, s/n, CCBS-II, Boa Esperança, CEP 78060-900. Cuiabá, MT, Brazil; e-mail VAC:
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Bastos and Araújo, 2002; Recoder and Nogueira 2007). Herein, we provide the first record of T. duseni from Mato Grosso state, in central Brazil. On 29 September 2006 an adult specimen of T. duseni was collected in cerrado sensu stricto at the PCH Canoa Quebrada (12°47’49”S, 56°00’38”W), at Lucas do Rio Verde municipality, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil (collection permit: 006/06 IBAMA/GEREX I/MT). The lizard (male, 370 mm SVL, Fig. 1) was collected during the deforestation of cerrado area. ������������� The specimen is housed in the Museu de Zoologia de Tangará da Serra - Coleção Herpetológica at Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso, Tangará da Serra, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil (Specimen number: MZT 609). The specimen of T. duseni from Mato Grosso state fully agrees with the original description of Lönnberg (1910) and the diagnosis of Péres and Colli (2004). Characteristic features are: (1) large size, maximum SVL 370 mm; (2) two loreal scales (n= 1); (3) 22 total femoral pores (n = 1); (4) 102 dorsals (n = 40); (5) 148 scales around body (n = 1); (6) 16 fourth finger lamellae (n = 1); (7) scales on nape distinctly larger than dorsals; (8) dorsal scales convex; (9) row of scales between mentals and infralabials present; (10) temporals same size as dorsals; (11) 22 prefemorals. Tupinambis duseni occurs in Paraná and Goiás states, Brazil (Lönnberg and Andersson 1910; Abe, Pesantes and Manzani, 1992; Vaz-Silva et al. 2007; Valdujo et al. 2009) and in Paraguay (Fitzgerald, Cook and Aquino, 1999). Additional records of the species in Brazil reveal that it also occurs in Cerrado areas in the Distrito Federal, and the states of Bahia, Minas Gerais, and Tocantins (Péres and Colli 2004; Recoder and Nogueira 2007). The record of T. duseni from Lucas do Rio Verde municipality represents the first record of this species in the state of Mato Grosso (Fig. 2) and extends known distribution ca. 650 km northwest from the nearest previously recorded locality (PNE Parque Nacional das Emas, Valdujo et al. 2009).
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Figure 1. Specimen deposited in the Museu de Zoologia de Tangará da Serra - Coleção Herpetológica at Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso, Tangará da Serra, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Acknowledgements. We thank Christine Strüssmann for identification of the lizard species; Paulo S. Bernarde, Robson W. Ávila, Mariana F. Felismino and Ana Carolina F. Lacerda for comments on the manuscript; IBAMA (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis) for the collection permit; and the ATIAIA Energia S/A for financial and logistical support during fieldwork.
Figure 2. Localities where Tupinambis duseni has been recorded (●) and the new record for the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil (●). Cerrado bioma in green.
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