Underwoods Spectacled Tegu
Gymnophthalmus underwoodi
Underwood's Spectacled Tegu is a microteiid lizard found in South America and on certain Caribbean islands. The species is named after British herpetologist Garth Leon Underwood.
It is a unisexual species, reproducing through parthenogenesis. Captive specimens have been recorded laying up to eleven eggs within four months, with between one and four eggs per clutch.
Its distribution includes the islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Barbados, Antigua, Barbuda, Trinidad, and Tobago in the Lesser Antilles; and Guyana, Surinam, Colombia, and Venezuela in South America. It is also present on Dominica, which has been confirmed by both Breuil and Turk.
It is a unisexual species, reproducing through parthenogenesis. Captive specimens have been recorded laying up to eleven eggs within four months, with between one and four eggs per clutch.
Its distribution includes the islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Barbados, Antigua, Barbuda, Trinidad, and Tobago in the Lesser Antilles; and Guyana, Surinam, Colombia, and Venezuela in South America. It is also present on Dominica, which has been confirmed by both Breuil and Turk.