Tropidurus hispidus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Tropiduridae
- Genus
- Tropidurus
- Species
- Tropidurus hispidus
- Scientific Name
- Tropidurus hispidus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Tropidurus hispidus
Tropidurus hispidus, Peters's lava lizard or neotropical lava lizard, is a species of lizard of the Tropiduridae family. It is found in Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.
This species is the largest of the Tropidurus genus, reaching 35 cm (14 in) in maximum total length, and about 15 cm (6 in) in snout–vent length. It feeds mostly on invertebrates like ants, spiders and scorpions, but in some cases, can hunt small vertebrates like Hemydactylus mabouia. The males of this species are generally larger than the females. Males often use Head and body movements to intimidade other males in the territory, but it can turn into a Head-to-head fight
...Tropidurus hispidus in languages:
- Danish
- Plettet Kølhaleleguan
- English
- Peters' Lava Lizard
- French
- Tropidure à collier
- German
- Kielschwanzleguan
- Portuguese
- Calango-de-pedra
- Portuguese
- Lagartixa
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Tropidurus azurduyae
- Tropidurus bogerti
- Tropidurus callathelys
- Tropidurus catalanensis
- Tropidurus chromatops
- Tropidurus cocorobensis
- Tropidurus erythrocephalus
- Tropidurus etheridgei
- Tropidurus guarani
- Tropidurus helenae
- Tropidurus hispidus
- Tropidurus hygomi
- Tropidurus imbituba
- Tropidurus insulanus
- Tropidurus itambere
- Tropidurus jaguaribanus
- Tropidurus lagunablanca
- Tropidurus melanopleurus
- Tropidurus montanus
- Tropidurus mucujensis
- Tropidurus oreadicus
- Tropidurus pinima
- Tropidurus psammonastes
- Tropidurus semitaeniatus
- Tropidurus sertanejo
- Tropidurus spinulosus
- Tropidurus torquatus
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