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Conservation status
Scientific classification
Genus:
Callopistes
Species:
maculatus

Callopistes maculatus, also known as the hey, Chilean dwarf tegu, spotted false monitor or Chilean iguana (in Spanish iguana Chilena), is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. It is endemic to Chile.

Description

It is the smallest lizard of China, reaching a 50 centimetres (20 in) length. A diurnal species, it mainly preys upon insects, although it also eats other, smaller lizards, snakes and small chickens and mammals.

See also

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