{{short description|Species of lizard}} {{speciesbox | image = Callopistes maculatus 243548854.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Díaz, S. |author2=Lobos, G. |author3=Marambio, Y. |author4=Mella, J. |author5=Ortiz, J.C. |author6=Ruiz de Gamboa, M. |author7=Valladares, P. |date=2017 |title=''Callopistes maculatus'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T3589A69940746 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T3589A69940746.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Callopistes | species = maculatus | authority = Gravenhorst, 1838 | synonyms = }}
'''''Callopistes maculatus''''', also known as the '''dwarf tegu''', '''Chilean dwarf tegu''',<ref name=WorldAtlas/> '''spotted false monitor''' or '''Chilean iguana''' (in Spanish ''iguana Chilena''), is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /><ref name=RDB/> It is endemic to Chile.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /><ref name=RDB/><ref name=atlasherpetozoos/> ==Description==
It is the largest lizard of Chile, reaching a {{convert|50|cm|in|0}} length.
== Diet == A diurnal species, it mainly preys upon insects. However, it also eats other, smaller lizards, snakes and small birds and mammals.<ref name="WorldAtlas" /> At times, it may also eat substantial amounts of fruit.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Fuentes |first=Eduardo R. |year=1976 |title=Ecological Convergence of Lizard Communities in Chile and California |url=https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2307/1936394 |journal=Ecology |language=en |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=3–17 |doi=10.2307/1936394 |issn=0012-9658|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
== Ecology == The species frequents rocky, sandy scrubland environments in areas such as the Atacama Desert,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Reyes-Olivares |first=Claudio |last2=Hiriart |first2=Daniel |last3=Marambio-Alfaro |first3=Yery |date=March 19, 2020 |title=Predation on ''Liolaemus atacamensis'' Müller and Hellmich, 1933 (Squamata, Liolaemidae) by ''Callopistes maculatus'' Gravenhorst, 1838 (Squamata, Teiidae) in the Atacama Desert |journal=Herpetology Notes |volume=13 |pages=267-269}}</ref> at altitudes below 500m.<ref name=":0" />
In 2015, this species was discovered hosting a new genus and species of parasitic mites, ''Callopistiella atacamensis''. The genus was named after the host genus ''Callopistes.''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fuente |first=MaríA Carolina Silva-De La |last2=Paredes-LeóN |first2=Ricardo |last3=Casanueva |first3=MaríA Eugenia |last4=Escobar-Huerta |first4=Gustavo |last5=Salas |first5=Lucila Moreno |date=2015-06-10 |title=A new genus and species of pterygosomatid mite (Acari: Pterygosomatidae) parasitizing ''Callopistes maculatus'' (Squamata: Teiidae) from Chile |url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3972.1.4 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3972 |issue=1 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3972.1.4 |pages=65–74|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery mode="packed" heights="130"> File:Callopistes maculatus 109128710.jpg File:Callopistes maculatus 377780473.jpg File:Callopistes maculatus.jpg </gallery>
==References== {{reflist|25em|refs= <ref name=atlasherpetozoos>{{Cite web |url=http://www.atlasherpetozoos.cl/Reptiles/CPalluma.html |title=''Callopistes palluma'' (= ''Callopistes maculatus'') |access-date=2013-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003619/http://www.atlasherpetozoos.cl/Reptiles/CPalluma.html |archive-date=2013-12-03 }}</ref>
<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species |genus=Callopistes |species=maculatus |accessdate=2 July 2019}}</ref>
<ref name=WorldAtlas>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-native-reptiles-of-chile.html |title=The Native Reptiles Of Chile |author=Kenneth Kimutai |date=25 April 2017 |work=WorldAtlas |publisher= |access-date=2 July 2019}}</ref> }} <!-- end "refs=" --> * {{cite web |first1=C. Michael |last1=Hogan |collaboration=World Wildlife Fund |date=14 January 2014 |orig-date=2013 |title=Chilean matorral |type=eco-region description |editor-first=M. |editor-last=McGinley |series=Encyclopedia of Earth |place=Washington, DC |publisher=National Council for Science and the Environment |url=http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/51cbf3e67896bb431f6ae699/ |access-date=2025-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403164918/.eoearth.org/view/article/51cbf3e67896bb431f6ae699 |archive-date=2016-04-03 |df=dmy-all }}
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Category:Callopistes Category:Endemic reptiles of Chile Category:Reptiles described in 1838 Category:Taxa named by Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Fauna of the Chilean Matorral
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