Tropidurus guarani is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae.[2] The species is native to central South America.
| Tropidurus guarani | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Tropiduridae |
| Genus: | Tropidurus |
| Species: | T. guarani
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| Binomial name | |
| Tropidurus guarani | |
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Etymology
editThe specific name, guarani, refers to the Guarani language and culture of Paraguay.[3]
Geographic range
editHabitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of T. guarani is rocky outcrops in dry forest.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Scott, N.; Cacciali, P. (2019). "Tropidurus guarani ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T49845554A49845560. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Tropidurus guarani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropidurus guarani, p. 110).
Further reading
edit- Álvarez BB, Cei JM, Scolaro JA (1994). "A new subspecies of Tropidurus spinulosus (Cope 1862) from the subtropical wet mesic Paraguayan region (Reptilia Squamata Tropiduridae)". Tropical Zoology 7 (1): 161–179. (Tropidurus spinulosus guarani, new subspecies).
- Cacciali P, Köhler G (2018). "Diversity of Tropidurus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) in Paraguay—an integrative taxonomic approach based on morphological and molecular genetic evidence". Zootaxa 4375 (4): 511–536.
- Harvey MB, Gutberlet RL (1998). "Lizards of the Genus Tropidurus (Iguania: Tropiduridae) from the Serranía de Huanchaca, Bolivia: New Species, Natural History, and a Key to the Genus". Herpetologica 54 (4): 493–520. (Tropidurus spinulosus, new taxonomic status).
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