Cusco tegu
Tupinambis cuzcoensis Murphy, Jowers, Lehtinen, Charles, Colli, Peres Jr, Hendry & Pyron, 2016
Status not recordedlizards
The cusco tegu (Tupinambis cuzcoensis) is a species in the family Teiidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 726.5 g and reach 28 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Peru.
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Quick facts about the cusco tegu
- Weight
- 726.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 28 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
How big is the cusco tegu?
Where does the cusco tegu live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The cusco tegu is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the cusco tegu endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the cusco tegu classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyTeiidae
- genusTupinambis
- SpeciesTupinambis cuzcoensis Murphy, Jowers, Lehtinen, Charles, Colli, Peres Jr, Hendry & Pyron, 2016
Other names and names in other languages (5)
- Cusco tegu lizardEnglish
- Vestlig Broget TejuDanish
- クスコテグーJapanese
- TeiúPortuguese
- TejuPortuguese
Relatives of the cusco tegu
Other species in the same genus Tupinambis.
Gold tegu
Tupinambis teguixin
Rondônia tegu
Tupinambis longilineus
Swamp tegu
Tupinambis palustris
Four-lined tegu
Tupinambis quadrilineatus
Cryptic golden tegu
Tupinambis cryptus
Maracaibo Basin tegu
Tupinambis zuliensis
CompareCusco tegu vs Gold teguCusco tegu vs Rondônia teguCusco tegu vs Swamp teguCusco tegu vs Four-lined tegu
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the cusco tegu?
An adult cusco tegu weighs 726.5 g and measures 28 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the cusco tegu live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the cusco tegu for 1 country: Peru. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the cusco tegu?
The cusco tegu (Tupinambis cuzcoensis) belongs to the family Teiidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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