Tropidurus
| Tropidurus | |
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| Tropidurus oreadicus on a wall in Belém, Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Iguanidae |
| Subfamily: | Tropidurinae |
| Genus: |
Tropidurus Wied-Neuwied, 1824 |
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31, see text |
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| Synonyms | |
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31, see text
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Tropidurus is a genus of reptiles. The genus Tropidurus includes many species of Neotropical ground lizards (subfamily Tropidurinae). Tropidurus is the type genus of the subfamily Tropidurinae, which is a subfamily of Iguanid lizards.
Species in the genus Tropidurus are found on the South American mainland, especially in the Amazon Rainforest but also in more arid regions.
There is no widely used common name solely for species of the genus Tropidurus. In their native range they are simply called "iguanas" as are most similar animals. If anything, the Brazilian term calango is used to particularly refer to lizards of the genus Tropidurus.
The genus Tropidurus contains 31 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 in 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.
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