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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 habitat


Species in the genus Tropidurus are found on the South American mainland, especially in the Amazon Rainforest, but also in more arid regions.




Common name


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.




Taxonomy


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.




Description


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.




Species



These species are recognized as being valid:

Tropidurus azurduyae A.L.G. Carvalho, L. Rivas, Céspedes & Rodrigues, 2018
Tropidurus bogerti Roze, 1958 – keeled lava lizard
Tropidurus callathelys M.B. Harvey & Gutberlet, 1998
Tropidurus catalanensis Gudynas & Skuk, 1983
Tropidurus chromatops M.B. Harvey & Gutberlet, 1998
Tropidurus cocorobensis Rodrigues, 1987
Tropidurus erythrocephalus Rodrigues, 1987
Tropidurus etheridgei Cei, 1982 – Etheridge's lava lizard
Tropidurus guarani Álvarez, Cei & Scolaro, 1994
Tropidurus helenae (Manzani & Abe, 1990)
Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825) – Peters's lava lizard, neotropical lava lizard
Tropidurus hygomi J.T. Reinhardt & Lütken, 1861 – Reinhardt's lava lizard
Tropidurus imbituba Kunz & Borges-Martins, 2013
Tropidurus insulanus Rodrigues, 1987
Tropidurus itambere Rodrigues, 1987
Tropidurus jaguaribanus Passos, Lima & Borges-Nojosa, 2011
Tropidurus lagunablanca A.L.G. Carvalho, 2016
Tropidurus melanopleurus Boulenger, 1902 – black lava lizard
Tropidurus montanus Rodrigues, 1987
Tropidurus mucujensis Rodrigues, 1987
Tropidurus oreadicus Rodrigues, 1987
Tropidurus pinima (Rodrigues, 1984)
Tropidurus psammonastes Rodrigues, Kasahara & Yonenaga-Yasuda, 1988
Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Spix, 1825) – striped lava lizard
Tropidurus sertanejo A.L.G. Carvalho, et al., 2016
Tropidurus spinulosus (Cope, 1862) – spiny lava lizard
Tropidurus torquatus (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) – Amazon lava lizard
Tropidurus xanthochilus M.B. Harvey & Gutberlet, 1998
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tropidurus.




References






Further reading


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).

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• Tropidurus torquatus
• Tropidurus oreadicus
• Tropidurus semitaeniatus
• Microlophus koepckeorum
• Tropidurus pinima
• Tropidurus insulanus
• Tropidurus catalanensis
• Tropidurus hispidus
• Tropidurus spinulosus