Stenocercus dumerilii

Stenocercus dumerilii is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae.[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.

Stenocercus dumerilii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Stenocercus
Species:
S. dumerilii
Binomial name
Stenocercus dumerilii
(Steindachner, 1867)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ophryoessoides dumerilii
    Steindachner, 1867
  • Liocephalus dumerilii
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Leiocephalus dumerilii
    — C. Burt & M. Burt, 1933
  • Stenocercus dumerilii
    — Ávila-Pires, 1995

Etymology

The specific name, dumerilii, is in honor of French herpetologist André Marie Constant Duméril.[3]

Geographic range

S. dumerilii is found in northeastern Brazil, in the Brazilian states of Maranhão, northeastern Pará, and Tocantins.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. dumerilii is forest.[1]

Diet

S. dumerilii preys upon a wide variety of arthropods.[1]

Reproduction

S. dumerilii is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is 2–6 eggs.[1]

References
  1. Silveira, A.L.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Borges-Nojosa, D.M.; Costa, G.C.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Winck, G.; Colli, G.R.; Silva, J.R.S.; Viñas, L.V.; Ribeiro Júnior, M.A.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Tinôco, M.S.T.; Almeida-Santos, P.; Valadão, R.; de Oliveira, R.B.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Ferreira, V.L.; de Menezes, V.A. (2021). "Stenocercus dumerilii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T50950782A154324292. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T50950782A154324292.en. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. Stenocercus dumerilii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
  3. 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. (Stenocercus dumerilii, p. 77).

Further reading
  • Ávila-Pires TCS (1995). "Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoologische Verhandelingen 299: 1–706. (Stenocercus dumerilii, new combination, p. 143).
  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Liocephalus dumerilii, new combination, p. 170).
  • Burt CE, Burt MD (1933). "A Preliminary Check List of the Lizards of South America". Transactions of the Academy of Sciences of St. Louis 28: 1–104. (Leiocephalus dumerilii, new combination, p. 27).
  • Steindachner F (1867). "Reptilien ". pp. 1–98. In: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Erster Bande. Vienna: Karl Gerold's Sohn. (Ophryoessoides dumerilii, new species, pp. 33–34). (in German).



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