Tupinambis

== Translingual == === Etymology === Coined by French zoologist François Marie Daudin in 1802, from Latin Tupinambis, from Old Tupi tupinambá. 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”), stating that the Tupinambá called the species by these names, but Daudin interpreted it as the name of the species itself. === Proper noun === Tupinambis m A taxonomic genus within the family Teiidae – certain tegus. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order; Lacertoidea – suborder; Teiidae – family; Tupinambinae – subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Tupinambis teguixin (common golden tegu) – type species; Tupinambis cryptus, Tupinambis cuzcoensis, Tupinambis longilineus, Tupinambis matipu, Tupinambis palustris, Tupinambis quadrilineatus, Tupinambis zuliensis – other species === References === Tupinambis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Tupinambis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Tupinambis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons