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Oplurus cyclurus

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Species of lizard

Oplurus cyclurus
In Reserve Reniala, Madagascar
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Opluridae
Genus: Oplurus
Species: O. cyclurus
Binomial name
Oplurus cyclurus
(Merrem, 1820)
Synonyms

Oplurus cyclurus, also known commonly as the Madagascar swift and Merrem's Madagascar swift, is a species of lizard in the family Opluridae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. It is arboreal and mostly insectivorous. Its breeding is timed with the rainy season.

Description

Oplurus cyclurus is similar in appearance to Oplurus cuvieri; the two species may be easily confused.

Oplurus cyclurus is slightly smaller than Oplurus cuvieri. Both species have a distinctive large spiny tail, and neither has a dorsal crest. Oplurus cyclurus has a dark brown or black band around the neck and similar paler markings on its back.

Behavior, habitat, and geographic range

O. cyclurus is mostly arboreal, living in the spiny forests of southern and southwestern Madagascar.

Reproduction

O. cyclurus is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Vences, M. (2011). "Oplurus cyclurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172831A6926304. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172831A6926304.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Oplurus cyclurus at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (December 2018). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (3rd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags. ISBN 978-3929449037.

Further reading

  • Merrem B (1820). Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien: Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum. Marburg: J.C. Krieger. xv + 191 pp. + one plate. (Uromastyx cyclurus, new species, p. 56). (in German and Latin).
  • Savage JM (1952). "The Correct Generic Names for the Iguanid Lizards of Madagascar and the Fiji Islands". Copeia 1952 (3): 182. (Oplurus cyclurus, new combination).
  • Schlüter, Uwe (2013). Madagaskarleguane: Lebensweise, Pflege und Fortpflanzung . Rheinstetten: Kirschner & Seufer Verlag. 88 pp. ISBN 978-39808264-8-8. (in German).
Taxon identifiers
Oplurus cyclurus


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