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Stenocercus dumerilii

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

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Stenocercus dumerilii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Stenocercus
Species:
S. dumerilii
Binomial name
Stenocercus dumerilii
(Steindachner, 1867)
Synonyms2
  • Ophryoessoides dumerilii
    Steindachner, 1867
  • Liocephalus dumerilii
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Leiocephalus dumerilii
    — C. Burt & M. Burt, 1933
  • Stenocercus dumerilii
    — Ávila-Pires, 1995
Figures (1) Drawing of Stenocercus tricristatus from Plate XXII in Duméril (1851); (2) photograph of a live adult specimen of Stenocercus canastra sp. nov; (3) photograph of a live juvenile specimen of S. canatra sp. nov
Figures (1) Drawing of Stenocercus tricristatus from Plate XXII in Duméril (1851); (2) photograph of a live adult specimen of Stenocercus canastra sp. nov; (3) photograph of a live juvenile specimen of S. canatra sp. nov source ↗

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

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

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

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).