Dicrodon heterolepis — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Squamata/Teiidae/Dicrodon

At a glance

Occurrence records160

Data sources7

Biological traits2

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Dicrodon heterolepis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility160 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF160 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Dicrodon heterolepis, the Ecuador desert tegu , is a species of teiid lizard endemic to coastal Peru.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDB

Size & morphology2

Body mass46.8 g

SVL11.6 cm

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Dicrodon heterolepis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-3P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type160 records

Wild obs. + sensor53

Museum / vouchered107

Origin

Native63

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO212 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy83% within 1 km

≤100 m 20≤1 km 14≤10 km 2>10 km 5

41 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor53

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy25% within 1 km

≤100 m 8≤10 km 23>10 km 1

32 georeferenced · 75 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence107

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions9 of 10 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Los Angeles, US	62
Berkeley, US	10
Bonn, DE	10
Wuzhou, CN	8
Cambridge, US	5
CASlocation not on record	4
Frankfurt am Main	3
Washington, US	2
Ann Arbor, US	2
San Diego, US	1

10 institutions · 107 of 107 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Dicrodon heterolepis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.