Tropidurus torquatus

Tropidurus torquatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Tropidurus
Species:
T. torquatus
Binomial name
Tropidurus torquatus
(Wied-Neuwied, 1820)
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Stellio torquatus
    Wied-Neuwied, 1820
  • Agama operculata
    Lichtenstein, 1822
  • Agama brasiliensis
    Raddi, 1823
  • Agama tuberculata
    Spix, 1825
  • Tropidurus torquatus
    — Wied-Neuwied, 1825
  • Taraguira torquata
    — Gray, 1845
  • Taraguira darwinii
    Gray, 1845
  • Tropidurus torquatus
    — Boulenger, 1885

Tropidurus torquatus is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae, the Neotropical ground lizards. Its common name is Amazon lava lizard.[4] The species is endemic to South America. There are no subspecies.

  1. ^ Abdala, S.; Arzamendia, V.; Embert, D.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Aparicio, J.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S. (2019). "Tropidurus torquatus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T137788491A44955931. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference RDB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Boulenger (1885), p. 176.
  4. ^ Embert, D. 2010. Tropidurus torquatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.