Dracaena guianensis Daudin 1802
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Dracaena guianensis Daudin, 1802
Type-locality. Cayenne, French Guiana, corrected by Hoogmoed & Lescure (1975) to Amapá, Brazil, north of Rio Araguari.
Pertinent taxonomic references. Daudin (1802), Merrem (1820), Duméril & Bibron (1839), Boulenger (1885), Cunha (1961), Vanzolini (1961), Vanzolini & Valencia (1966), Gorman (1970), Hoogmoed & Lescure (1975), Duellman (1978), Ávila-Pires (1995), Massary et al. (2000), Harvey et al. (2012).
Distribution and habitat. Dracaena guianensis is endemic to Amazonia, distributed along the Amazon River and some of its main tributaries, and the coastal area in Brazil (Fig. 6). We examined material from Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil (states of Amapá, Pará, and Amazonas) (Fig. 6), but it also occurs in French Guiana, Colombia, and in Maranhão state, in Brazil (Daudin 1802; Ayala 1986; Vanzolini & Valencia 1966, respectively). Despite its wide distribution, there are few records of D. guianensis from the wild in collections and in scientific literature (in contrast to CITES trade records, especially in the 1980’s—http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/quotas/index.shtml). It is semiaquatic and diurnal, inhabits seasonally flooded lowlands, swamps, small streams and lakes, where it is found in the water, on the ground near water, and on branches of low trees emerging from water (Vanzolini 1961; Vanzolini & Valencia 1966; Crump 1971; Dixon & Soini 1975, 1986; Duellman 1978; Duellman & Salas 1991; Ávila-Pires 1995; Mesquita et al. 2006b; Vitt et al. 2008); found also in perianthropic environments (Dixon & Soini 1975, and specimens from Belém, Brazil).
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Teiidae
- Genus
- Dracaena
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Squamata
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Daudin
- Species
- guianensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dracaena guianensis Daudin, 1802 sec. Ribeiro-Júnior & Amaral, 2016
References
- Daudin, F. M. (1802) Histoire naturelle, generalle et particulieres des reptiles. Tome III. F. Dufart, Paris, 452 pp.
- Hoogmoed, M. S. & Lescure, J. (1975) An annotated checklist of the lizards of French Guiana, mainly based on two recent collections. Zoologische Mededelingen, 49, 141 - 171.
- Merrem, B. (1820) Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien I (Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum). J. C. Kriegeri, Marburg, 191 pp.
- Dumeril, A. M. C. & Bibron, G. (1839) Erpetologie Generale on Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Tome V. Roret / Fain et Thunot, Paris, 871 pp.
- Boulenger, G. A. (1885) Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II. Iguanidae, Xenosauridae, Zonuridae, Anguidae, Anniellidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Xantusiidae, Teiidae, Amphisbaenidae. Second Edition. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 497 pp.
- Cunha, O. R. (1961) Lacertilios da Amazonia. II. Os lagartos da Amazonia brasileira, com especial referenda aos representados na colecao do Museu Goeldi. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Zoologia, 39, 1 - 189.
- Vanzolini, P. E. (1961) Notas bionomicas sobre Dracaena guianensis no Para (Sauria, Teiidae). Papeis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria de Agricultura, 14, 237 - 241.
- Vanzolini, P. E. & Valencia, J. (1966) The genus Dracaena, with a brief consideration of macroteiid relationships (Sauria, Teiidae). Arquivos de Zoologia, 13, 7 - 35.
- Gorman, G. C. (1970) Chromosomes and the Systematics of the Family Teiidae (Sauria, Reptilia). Copeia, 1970, 230 - 245. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2307 / 1441645
- Duellman, W. E. (1978) The biology of an Equatorial Herpetofauna in Amazonian Ecuador. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Natural History of University of Kansas, 65, 1 - 352.
- Avila-Pires, T. C. S. (1995) Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 299, 1 - 706.
- Massary, J. C., Hoogmoed, M. S. & Blanc, M. (2000) Comments on the type specimen of Dracaena guianensis Daudin, 1801 (Reptilia: Sauria: Teiidae), and rediscovery of the species in French Guiana. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 74, 167 - 180.
- Harvey, M. B., Ugueto, G. N. & Gutberlet, R. L. (2012) Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa, 3459, 1 - 156.
- Ayala, S. C. (1986) Saurios de Colombia: lista actualizada, y distribucion de ejemplares colombianos en los museos. Caldasia, 15, 555 - 575.
- Crump, M. L. (1971) Quantitative analysis of the ecological distribution of a tropical herpetofauna. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas, 3, 1 - 62.
- Dixon, J. R. & Soini, P. (1975) The reptiles of the upper Amazon Basin, Iquitos region, Peru. Part 1. Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Milwaukee Public Museum, Contributions in Biology and Geology, 4, 1 - 58.
- Duellman, W. E. & Salas, A. W. (1991) Annotated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Cuzco Amazonico, Peru. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas, 143, 1 - 13.
- Mesquita, D. O., Colli, G. R., Costa, G. C., Franca, F. G. R., Garda, A. A. & Peres, A. K. Jr. (2006 b) At the Water's Edge: Ecology of Semiaquatic Teiids in Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Herpetology, 40, 221 - 229. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1670 / 123 - 05 A. 1
- Vitt, L. J., Magnusson, W. E., Avila-Pires, T. C. S. & Lima, A. P. (2008) Guia de Lagartos da Reserva Adolpho Ducke, Amazonia Central = Guide to the Lizards of Reserva Adolpho Ducke, Central Amazonia. Attema Design Editorial, Manaus, 176 pp.