Tropidurus etheridgei

Tropidurus etheridgei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Tropiduridae
Genus:	Tropidurus
Species:	T. etheridgei
Binomial name
Tropidurus etheridgei Cei, 1982

Tropidurus etheridgei, also known commonly as Etheridge's lava lizard, is a species of lizard of the family Tropiduridae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, etheridgei, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard Emmett Etheridge. ^[2]

Geographic range

T. etheridgei is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. etheridgei are forest and savanna. ^[1]

Reproduction

T. etheridgei is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Aparicio, J.; Cacciali, P.; Carreira, S.; Gonzales, L.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Moravec, J.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Pelegrin, N.; Scott, N. (2019). "Tropidurus etheridgei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T49845544A49845548. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T49845544A49845548.en . Retrieved 26 April 2023.
2. 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 etheridgei, p. 86).
3. Tropidurus etheridgei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 April 2022.

Further reading

• Avila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update". Zootaxa3613 (3): 201–238.
• Cacciali P, Köhler G (2019). "Diversity of Tropidurus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) in Paraguay—an integrative taxonomic approach based on morphological and molecular genetic evidence". Zootaxa4375 (4): 511–536.
• Cei JM (1982). "A new species of Tropidurus (Sauria, Iguanidae) from the arid Chacoan and western regions of Argentina". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas (97): 1–10. (Tropidurus etheridgei, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
• Cruz FB, Silva S, Scrocchi GJ (1998). "Ecology of the lizard Tropidurus etheridgei (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from the dry Chaco of Salta, Argentina". Herpetological Natural History6 (1): 23–31. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
• Dirksen L, De la Riva I (1999). "The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography". Graellsia55: 199–215. (Tropidurus etheridgei, p. 207). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).