Four-lined tegu
Tupinambis quadrilineatus Manzani & Abe, 1997
Status not recordedlizards
The four-lined tegu (Tupinambis quadrilineatus) is a species in the family Teiidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 259.6 g and reach 20.1 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the four-lined tegu
- Weight
- 259.6 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 20.1 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grassland, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 17src 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
- Not recorded
How big is the four-lined tegu?
Where does the four-lined tegu live?
Not recorded
Is the four-lined 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 four-lined tegu classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyTeiidae
- genusTupinambis
- SpeciesTupinambis quadrilineatus Manzani & Abe, 1997
Synonyms Tupinambis cerradensis
Other names and names in other languages (6)
- teju čtyřpruhýCzech
- ヨスジテグーJapanese
- TeiúPortuguese
- Teiú-AmareloPortuguese
- Teiú-de-Quatro-LinhasPortuguese
- TejuPortuguese
Relatives of the four-lined tegu
Other species in the same genus Tupinambis.
Gold tegu
Tupinambis teguixin
Rondônia tegu
Tupinambis longilineus
Swamp tegu
Tupinambis palustris
Cryptic golden tegu
Tupinambis cryptus
Cusco tegu
Tupinambis cuzcoensis
Maracaibo Basin tegu
Tupinambis zuliensis
CompareFour-lined tegu vs Gold teguFour-lined tegu vs Rondônia teguFour-lined tegu vs Swamp teguFour-lined tegu vs Cryptic golden tegu
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the four-lined tegu?
An adult four-lined tegu weighs 259.6 g and measures 20.1 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the four-lined tegu?
The four-lined tegu (Tupinambis quadrilineatus) 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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