Tupinambis cryptus

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| image = Tupinambis cryptus 251372173.jpg

| image_caption = In Trinidad

| status = CITES_A2

| status_system = CITES

| status_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}

| genus = Tupinambis

| species = cryptus

| authority = Murphy, Jowers, Lehtinen, Charles, Colli, Peres Jr., Hendry, & Pyron, 2016

}}

Tupinambis cryptus, the cryptic golden tegu, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae.{{NRDB species |genus=Tupinambis |species= cryptus|access-date=4 July 2019}} It is found in Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago.