# False monitor

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{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
{{speciesbox
| image = Callopistes flavipunctatus.jpg
| status = 
| genus = Callopistes
| species = flavipunctatus
| authority = ([Duméril](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Marie_Constant_Dum%C3%A9ril) & [Bibron](/source/Gabriel_Bibron), 1839)
| synonyms = 
}}

The '''false monitor''' or '''tegú varano''' ('''''Callopistes flavipunctatus''''') is a species of [lizard](/source/lizard) in the family [Teiidae](/source/Teiidae).<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species |genus=Callopistes |species=flavipunctatus |accessdate=2 July 2019}}</ref> It is found in northern [Peru](/source/Peru) and southern [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Crispo |first1=Secundo |last2=Koch |first2=Claudia |date=April 30, 2015 |title=Notes on natural history and distribution of Callopistes flavipunctatus (Squamata: Teiidae) in northwestern Peru |journal=Salamandra |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=57–60}}</ref> 

== Description ==
The species can reach a total length of 100 cm. Males get larger than females and have more massive heads.<ref name=":0" />

Like many other [teiids](/source/Teiidae), they are capable of [dropping and regenerating](/source/Autotomy) their tails.<ref name=":0" />

== Diet ==
left|thumb|In Peru

Although data on their diet is scarce, what is known seems to indicate that species feeds on lizards, small rodents, and large insects, although ''[Dicrodon](/source/Dicrodon)'' lizards (such as ''[D. guttulatum](/source/Dicrodon_guttulatum)'') may possibly represent the species' main prey. They have also been observed eating fruit, such as that of [yellow cordia](/source/Cordia_lutea)'','' as well as small birds such as [Peruvian meadowlark](/source/Peruvian_meadowlark)s''.''<ref name=":0" />

== Ecology ==
Although it primarily forages for prey on the ground, it may occasionally climb trees as well.<ref name=":0" />
==References==
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Category:Callopistes
Category:Reptiles described in 1839
Category:Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril
Category:Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron

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