''Tupinambis palustris'', the swamp tegu, is a species of lizard in the family

Teiidae Teiidae is a family of autarchoglossan lizards native to the Americas. Members of this family are generally known as whiptails or racerunners; however, tegus also belong to this family. Teiidae is sister to the Gymnopthalmidae, and both famili ...

. It is endemic to

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

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Tupinambis Reptiles described in 2002 Taxa named by Paulo Roberto Manzani Taxa named by Augusto Shinya Abe {{lizard-stub