Tropidurus

Familia: Tropiduridae
Genus:
Species (30): T. azurduyae – T. bogerti – T. callathelys – T. catalanensis – T. chromatops – T. cocorobensis – T. erythrocephalus – T. etheridgei – T. galileii – T. guarani – T. helenae – T. hispidus – T. hygomi – T. imbituba – T. insulanus – T. itambere – T. jaguaribanus – T. lagunablanca – T. madeiramamore – T. melanopleurus – T. montanus – T. mucujensis – T. oreadicus – T. pinima – T. psammonastes – T. semitaeniatus – T. sertanejo – T. spinulosus – T. torquatus – T. xanthochilus

Tropidurus Wied-Neuwied, 1825: 137

• Type species: Stellio torquatus Wied-Neuwied, 1820, by subsequent designation of Fitzinger (1843: 17)

• Platynotus Wagler, 1830: 146 [junior homonym of Platynotus Fabricius, 1801 (Coleoptera)]
  • Type species: Agama semitaeniata Spix, 1825, by monotypy.
• Taraguira Gray, 1845: 219 [synonymised by Boulenger (1885: 171)]
  • Type species: none designated.
• Tapinurus Amaral, 1932: 65 [synonymised by Frost (1992: 49)]
  • Type species: Tapinurus scutipunctatus Amaral, 1932, by original designation.

• Wied-Neuwied, M. 1825. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte von Brasilien. vol. 1. Gr. H.S. priv. Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs: Weimar. pp. 614 + 5 plates. Archive
• Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: München, Stuttgart, & Tübingen. 354 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxvii + 289 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 2. Iguanidae, Xenosauridae, Zonuridae, Anguidae, Aniellidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Xantusiidae, Teiidae, Amphisbaenidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 497 pp., 24 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Amaral, A. 1932. Novos generos e especies de largartos do Brasil. Memórias do Instituto de Butantan 7: 51–74. Full article (PDF)
• Frost, D.R. 1992. Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of the Tropidurus group of lizards (Iguania: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates 3033: 1–68. hdl: 2246/4997

• Cacciali, P. & Köhler, G. 2018. Diversity of Tropidurus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) in Paraguay—an integrative taxonomic approach based on morphological and molecular genetic evidence. Zootaxa 4375(4): 511–536. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.4.3 Reference page. 
• Rodrigues, M.T. 1984. Sobre Platynotus Wagler, 1830, pré-ocupado substituído por Tapinurus Amaral, 1933, com a descrição de uma nova espécie (Sauria, Iguanidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 35(29): 367–373.
• Frost, D.R., Rodrigues, M.T., Grant, T. & Titus, T.A. 2001. Phylogenetics of the Lizard Genus Tropidurus (Squamata: Tropiduridae: Tropidurinae): Direct Optimization, Descriptive Efficiency, and Sensitivity Analysis of Congruence Between Molecular Data and Morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 21(3): 352–371. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.1015 ; PDF Reference page. 
• Carvalho, A.L.G. 2013. On the distribution and conservation of the South American lizard genus Tropidurus Wied-Neuwied, 1825 (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Zootaxa 3640(1): 42–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3640.1.3 Reference page. 
• Carvalho, A.L.G., Britto, M.R. & Fernandes, D.S. 2013. Biogeography of the Lizard Genus Tropidurus Wied-Neuwied, 1825 (Squamata: Tropiduridae): Distribution, Endemism, and Area Relationships in South America. PLoS ONE 8(3): e59736. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059736 Reference page. 
• Kunz, T.S. & Borges-Martins, M. 2013. A new microendemic species of Tropidurus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from southern Brazil and revalidation of Tropidurus catalanensis Gudynas & Skuk, 1983. Zootaxa 3681(4): 413–439. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.4.6 Reference page. 
• Carvalho, A.L.G., Rivas, L.R., Céspedes, R. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2018. A new collared lizard (Tropidurus, Tropiduridae) endemic to the western Bolivian Andes and its implications for seasonally dry tropical forests. American Museum Novitates 3896: 1–56. hdl: 2246/6852 Reference page. 
• Carvalho, A.L.G., Paredero, R.C.B., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Ferreira, E., Rodrigues, M.T. & Curcio, F.F. [2023] 2024. A highly polymorphic South American collared lizard (Tropiduridae: Tropidurus) reveals that open–dry refugia from South-western Amazonia staged allopatric speciation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201(2): 493–533. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad138 Reference page. 
• Ferreira, E., Dias, I.R., Rodrigues, M.T. & Carvalho, A.L.G. 2025. Microendemism can be the rule in the Brazilian Caatinga: evidence from flat lizards of the Tropidurus semitaeniatus group (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Systematics and Biodiversity 23(1): 2436572. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2024.2436572 Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Tropidurus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 May 2025.

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