Tupinambis Information

[ApriliaRufo]

Hey guys. Well since I haven't been posting much I figured I would explain. I lost my job and have been working really hard at taking in abandoned reptiles and finding them homes. A vet friend is an exotic specialist and is doing a lot of pro-bono work for us as long as he gets a first pic on anything that we get in that he wants. But past that, I've been doing a lot of research. Eric R. Pianka and Laurie J. Vitt spent years in the field researching all types of lizards and have written an amazing book, so I went ahead and scanned in some information on tupinambis and am posting them here for you. There's some great information here. Enjoy.

 

[dorton]

Thanks for sharing. Good luck on finding another job.

 

[PuffDragon]

That is the first picture I have seen of the Tupinambis longilineus. It's simply beautiful. I've tried google and yahoo with no luck. Thanks for posting the scans. What year is the publication? I would think only 4 specimens of Tupinambis longilineus wouldn't be enough to give it its' own classification. Any more info on this species would be greatly appreciated.

 

[ApriliaRufo]

It's a recent book. It's very interesting. The only problem with it is that you'd better brush up on your latin because almost none of the animals in it have their common names used in the book. Every animal is labeled by it's latin name. Ok... published in 2003.

ISBN # 0-520-24847-3

 

[shiftylarry]

I own Varanoid Lizards of the World (Pianka and King), which is another, very thorough book.

 

[gebris353]

Thanks for sharing, didnt know they climb termites nests to deposite eggs, just like monitors in the BBC shows. :-D

 

[DZLife]

Wow...I'm gonna print that out and show it to Mike!