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Tropidurus insulanus

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Species of lizard

Tropidurus insulanus
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: Tropiduridae
Genus: Tropidurus
Species: T. insulanus
Binomial name
Tropidurus insulanus
Rodrigues, 1987

Tropidurus insulanus is a species of lizard of the Tropiduridae family. It is endemic to Brazil and is known from pockets of savanna within the Amazon rainforest of Pará and Mato Grosso states.

Males grow to 86 mm (3.4 in) and females to 75 mm (3.0 in) in snout–vent length (SVL). The tail is 1.4–1.5 times SVL. It is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Colli, G.R.; Fenker, J.; Tedeschi, L.; Bataus, Y.S.L.; Uhlig, V.M.; Lima, A.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Borges-Nojosa, D.M.; Costa, G.C.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Winck, G.; Silva, J.R.S.; Viñas, L.V.; Ribeiro Júnior, M.A.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Tinôco, M.S.T.; Almeida-Santos, P.; Valadão, R.; de Oliveira, R.B.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Ferreira, V.L.; de Menezes, V.A. (2021). "Tropidurus insulanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T49845594A159255265. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  2. ^ Tropidurus insulanus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
  3. Avila-Pires, T.C.S. (1995). "Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 299: 151–159.
Taxon identifiers
Tropidurus insulanus


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