Tropidurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Tropiduridae
Genus: Tropidurus
Species (30): T. azurduyae – T. bogerti – T. callathelys – T. catalanensis – T. chromatops – T. cocorobensis – T. erythrocephalus – T. etheridgei – T. galileii – T. guarani – T. helenae – T. hispidus – T. hygomi – T. imbituba – T. insulanus – T. itambere – T. jaguaribanus – T. lagunablanca – T. madeiramamore – T. melanopleurus – T. montanus – T. mucujensis – T. oreadicus – T. pinima – T. psammonastes – T. semitaeniatus – T. sertanejo – T. spinulosus – T. torquatus – T. xanthochilus

Name

Tropidurus Wied-Neuwied, 1825: 137

Type species: Stellio torquatus Wied-Neuwied, 1820, by subsequent designation of Fitzinger (1843: 17)

Synonyms

Platynotus Wagler, 1830: 146 [junior homonym of Platynotus Fabricius, 1801 (Coleoptera)]
- Type species: Agama semitaeniata Spix, 1825, by monotypy.
Taraguira Gray, 1845: 219 [synonymised by Boulenger (1885: 171)]
- Type species: none designated.
Tapinurus Amaral, 1932: 65 [synonymised by Frost (1992: 49)]
- Type species: Tapinurus scutipunctatus Amaral, 1932, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Wied-Neuwied, M. 1825. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte von Brasilien. vol. 1. Gr. H.S. priv. Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs: Weimar. pp. 614 + 5 plates. Archive
Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: München, Stuttgart, & Tübingen. 354 pp. BHL Reference page.
Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxvii + 289 pp. BHL Reference page.
Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 2. Iguanidae, Xenosauridae, Zonuridae, Anguidae, Aniellidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Xantusiidae, Teiidae, Amphisbaenidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 497 pp., 24 pls. BHL Reference page.
Amaral, A. 1932. Novos generos e especies de largartos do Brasil. Memórias do Instituto de Butantan 7: 51–74. Full article (PDF)
Frost, D.R. 1992. Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of the Tropidurus group of lizards (Iguania: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates 3033: 1–68. hdl: 2246/4997

Additional references

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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.4.3 Reference page.
Rodrigues, M.T. 1984. Sobre Platynotus Wagler, 1830, pré-ocupado substituído por Tapinurus Amaral, 1933, com a descrição de uma nova espécie (Sauria, Iguanidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 35(29): 367–373.
Frost, D.R., Rodrigues, M.T., Grant, T. & Titus, T.A. 2001. Phylogenetics of the Lizard Genus Tropidurus (Squamata: Tropiduridae: Tropidurinae): Direct Optimization, Descriptive Efficiency, and Sensitivity Analysis of Congruence Between Molecular Data and Morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 21(3): 352–371. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.1015 ; PDF Reference page.
Carvalho, A.L.G. 2013. On the distribution and conservation of the South American lizard genus Tropidurus Wied-Neuwied, 1825 (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Zootaxa 3640(1): 42–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3640.1.3 Reference page.
Carvalho, A.L.G., Britto, M.R. & Fernandes, D.S. 2013. Biogeography of the Lizard Genus Tropidurus Wied-Neuwied, 1825 (Squamata: Tropiduridae): Distribution, Endemism, and Area Relationships in South America. PLoS ONE 8(3): e59736. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059736 Reference page.
Kunz, T.S. & Borges-Martins, M. 2013. A new microendemic species of Tropidurus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from southern Brazil and revalidation of Tropidurus catalanensis Gudynas & Skuk, 1983. Zootaxa 3681(4): 413–439. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.4.6 Reference page.
Carvalho, A.L.G., Rivas, L.R., Céspedes, R. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2018. A new collared lizard (Tropidurus, Tropiduridae) endemic to the western Bolivian Andes and its implications for seasonally dry tropical forests. American Museum Novitates 3896: 1–56. hdl: 2246/6852 Reference page.
Carvalho, A.L.G., Paredero, R.C.B., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Ferreira, E., Rodrigues, M.T. & Curcio, F.F. [2023] 2024. A highly polymorphic South American collared lizard (Tropiduridae: Tropidurus) reveals that open–dry refugia from South-western Amazonia staged allopatric speciation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201(2): 493–533. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad138 Reference page.
Ferreira, E., Dias, I.R., Rodrigues, M.T. & Carvalho, A.L.G. 2025. Microendemism can be the rule in the Brazilian Caatinga: evidence from flat lizards of the Tropidurus semitaeniatus group (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Systematics and Biodiversity 23(1): 2436572. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2024.2436572 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Tropidurus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 May 2025.