Tropidurus hygomi

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Tropidurus hygomi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Tropidurus
Species:
T. hygomi
Binomial name
Tropidurus hygomi

Tropidurus hygomi, also known commonly as Reinhardt's lava lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. [2] The species is native to the Northeast Region of Brazil.

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Etymology

The specific name, hygomi, is in honor of Danish merchant seaman Vilhelm Johannes Willaius Hygom (born 1818), who collected natural history specimens, both land and marine. [3]

Geographic range

T. hygomi is found in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Sergipe. [1] [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. hygomi is sandy areas, [1] [2] in forest and shrubland. [1]

Description

T. hygomi has an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3.43 cm (1.35 in). [1]

Behavior

T. hygomi is terrestrial and diurnal. [1]

Diet

T. hygomi preys predominately upon ants, beetles, and termites, but also eats larvae and adults of other insects, spiders, wood lice, centipedes, and millipedes. [1]

Reproduction

T. hygomi is oviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Silveira, A.L.; da Rocha, C.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Werneck, F.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Winck, G.; Ribeiro Júnior, M.A.; Kiefer, M.; de Freitas, M.A.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Tinôco, M.S.T.; Valadão, R.; Cardoso Vieira, R.; Perez Maciel, R.; Gomes Faria, R.; Recoder, R.; D'Ávila, R.; Torquato da Silva, S.; de Barcelos Ribeiro, S.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S. (2021). "Tropidurus hygomi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T49845578A49845580. Retrieved 16 December 2021. (in English and Portuguese).
  2. 1 2 3 4 Tropidurus hygomi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 April 2022.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropidurus hygomi, p. 128).

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