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Tropidurus is a genus of reptiles. The genus includes many species of Neotropical ground lizards (family Tropiduridae). Tropidurus is the type genus of the family Tropiduridae.
Geographic range and habitatEdit
Species in the genus Tropidurus are found on the South American mainland, especially in the Amazon Rainforest, but also in more arid regions.
Common nameEdit
No common name is widely used solely for species of the genus Tropidurus. In their native range, they are simply called lagartixa, as are most similar animals. If anything, the Brazilian term calango is used to particularly refer to lizards of the genus Tropidurus.
TaxonomyEdit
The genus Tropidurus contains 30 described species, but new ones continue to be discovered. An additional seven species—the Galápagos lava lizards endemic to the Galápagos Islands—are sometimes placed here, too, but more commonly separated in the genus Microlophus, instead. Similarly, the green thornytail iguana and tropical thorny iguana are now often separated into the minor, but probably distinct Uracentron lineage, instead. In this article, these two genera are kept separate, while Platynotus, Strobilurus, and Tapinurus are included in Tropidurus.
DescriptionEdit
Males and females of all Tropidurus species are marked differently. The male is usually much larger than the female, and his body is more brightly coloured and distinctly patterned. The typical size of Tropidurus lizards varies greatly from habitat to habitat as does the pattern of body markings, even among individuals of the same species. Like many lizards, they show changes of colour with mood and temperature.
SpeciesEdit
These species are recognized as being valid:<ref>Template:EMBL genus www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
- Tropidurus azurduyae Template:Small
- Tropidurus bogerti Template:Small – keeled lava lizard
- Tropidurus callathelys Template:Small
- Tropidurus catalanensis Template:Small
- Tropidurus chromatops Template:Small
- Tropidurus cocorobensis Template:Small
- Tropidurus erythrocephalus Template:Small
- Tropidurus etheridgei Template:Small – Etheridge's lava lizard
- Tropidurus guarani Template:Small
- Tropidurus helenae Template:Small
- Tropidurus hispidus Template:Small – Peters's lava lizard, neotropical lava lizard
- Tropidurus hygomi Template:Small – Reinhardt's lava lizard
- Tropidurus imbituba Template:Small<ref>Template:EMBL species www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
- Tropidurus insulanus Template:Small
- Tropidurus itambere Template:Small
- Tropidurus jaguaribanus Template:Small<ref>Passos DC, Lima DC, Borges-Nojosa DM (2011). "A new species of Tropidurus (Squamata, Tropiduridae) of the semiaeniatus group from a semiarid area in Northeastern Brazil". Zootaxa 2930: 60-68.</ref>
- Tropidurus lagunablanca Template:Small<ref name=carvalho>Carvalho ALG (2016). "Three new species of the Tropidurus spinulosus group (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from Eastern Paraguay". American Museum Novitates (3853): 1-44.</ref>
- Tropidurus melanopleurus Template:Small – black lava lizard
- Tropidurus montanus Template:Small
- Tropidurus mucujensis Template:Small
- Tropidurus oreadicus Template:Small
- Tropidurus pinima Template:Small
- Tropidurus psammonastes Template:Small
- Tropidurus semitaeniatus Template:Small – striped lava lizard
- Tropidurus sertanejo Template:Small<ref>Carvalho ALG et al. (2016). "A new Tropidurus (Tropiduridae) from the semiarid Brazilian Caatinga: evidence for conflicting signal between mitochondrial and nuclear loci affecting the phylogenetic reconstruction of South American collared lizards". American Museum Novitates (3852): 1-66.</ref>
- Tropidurus spinulosus Template:Small – spiny lava lizard
- Tropidurus torquatus Template:Small – Amazon lava lizard
- Tropidurus xanthochilus Template:Small
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tropidurus.
ReferencesEdit
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Further readingEdit
- Wied-Neuwied M (1824). "Verzeichniss der Amphibien, welche in zweyten Bande der Naturgeschichte Brasiliens vom Prinz Max von Neuwied werden beschrieben werden. (Nach Merrems Versuch eines Systems Amphibien) ". Isis von Oken 14: 661–673. (Tropidurus, new genus, p. 663). (in German).