Tupinambis

Translingual

Etymology

Coined by French zoologist François Marie Daudin in 1802, from Latin Tupinambis, from Old Tupi tupinambá.[1] The taxon stems from a misinterpretation of Marcgrave's description in Historia Naturalis Brasiliae, where he writes TEivgvacv & Temapara Tupinambis (literally, “Teîugûasu and temapara for the Tupibambá”),[2] stating that the Tupinambá called the species by these names, but Daudin interpreted it as the name of the species itself.[3][4]

Proper noun

Tupinambis m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Teiidae – certain tegus.

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References

  1. ^ Tupinambis protologue at the Biodiversity Heritage Library
  2. ^ Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book VII, chapter XII (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 237
  3. ^ Frank Evers Beddard (1905) chapter VIII, in Natural History in Zoological Gardens: Being Some Account of Vertebrated Animals, Archibald Constable, London: Archibald Constable, The Teguexin, page 240
  4. ^ Eduardo Rivail Ribeiro, Renato Nicolai, editors (24 April 2020), “Sobre o nome científico do lagarto teiú”, in Biblioteca Digital Curt Nimuendajú‎[1] (in Portuguese), archived from the original on 2 August 2020
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