Callopistes maculatus
Encyclopedia
The Dwarf Tegu or Spotted False Monitor (Callopistes maculatus) is a species of lizard
in the Teiidae
family.
It is endemic to Chile
.
It is kept as a pet.
Lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 3800 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains...
in the Teiidae
Teiidae
Teiidae is a family of lizards native to the Americas, generally known as whiptails. The group includes the parthenogenic genera Cnemidophorus and Aspidoscelis, and the non-parthenogenic Tupinambis. It has over 230 member species in ten genera...
family.
It is endemic to Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
.
It is kept as a pet.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Callopistes maculatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.