Teius

{{Short description|Genus of lizards}} {{For|the place in Romania|Teiuș}} {{Automatic taxobox |image=Teius Oculatus.jpg |image_caption = ''Teius oculatus'' | name = ''Teius'' | taxon = Teius | authority= Merrem, 1820 }}

'''''Teius''''' is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. The genus is native to South America.

==Species== The genus ''Teius'' contains the following three species, listed alphabetically.<ref>[http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=teius&exact%5B0%5D=genus&submit=Search ''Teius'']. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref> *''Teius oculatus'' {{small|(D'Orbigny & Bibron, 1837)}} *''Teius suquiensis'' {{small|Ávila & Martori, 1991}} *''Teius teyou'' {{small|(Daudin, 1802)}} – four-toed tegu

''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Teius''.

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==Further reading== *Merrem B (1820). ''Versuch eines Systems der Amphibiens. Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum''. Marburg: J.C. Krieger. xv + 191 pp. + plate. (''Teius'', new genus, p. 60). (in German and Latin).

Category:Teius Category:Lizard genera Category:Taxa named by Blasius Merrem Category:Taxa described in 1820