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| Tropiduridae | ||
|---|---|---|
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| classification | ||
| Govern | Animalia | |
| branch | Chordates | |
| Sub Emb. | Vertebrate | |
| Class | reptiles | |
| command | Squamata | |
| Subordination | iguana | |
| Family | ||
| Tropiduridae Bell (Bell Aircraft Corporation is an American aircraft manufacturer, founded on July 10, 1935…), 1843 | ||
THE Tropiduridae form a family of squamates, whose species occur in America (America is a continent separated from Asia in the west and…) in the south (south is a cardinal point opposite the north) (up to the Galapagos Islands), in the Caribbean and Florida, where they were introduced.
These are lizards whose size varies between 5 and 15 centimeters (excluding a tail, which can approximate body size), depending on the species, they are egg-laying or viviparous. Most eat insects or even small vertebrates (vertebrates form a subbranch of the animal kingdom. This taxon, which in its…), but certain species also eat plants (Phymaturus sp and some Liolaemus) or flowers and fruits. Some species specialize in eating ants (in the genera Liolaemus and Tropidurus).
The species live in diverse environments ranging from moist forests to dry forests to savannahs and even deserts.
This family is sometimes considered a subfamily Tropidurinae, belongs to the family Iguanidae (Iguanidae (Iguanidae) or iguanas form a family of semi-arboreal reptiles,…). Here she is treated like family (Frost & Etheridge, 1989).
List of subfamilies
According to the TIGR classification, this family is divided into three subfamilies:
- Leiocephalidae Or Leiocephalinaewith the genus Leiocephalus
- Liolaeminae Or Liolaemidaewith the genera Ctenoblepharys, Liolaemus, Phymaturus
- Tropidurinae with other genders
List of genres
- Ctenoblepharys Tschudi, 1845
- Leiocephalus Gray, 1827
- Liolaemus Wiegmann, 1834
- Microlophus Duméril and Bibron, 1837
- Phymaturus Gravenhorst, 1838
- Plica Gray, 1830
- Stenocercus Duméril and Bibron, 1837
- Tropidurus Wied-Neuwied, 1824
- Uracentron Kaup, 1827
- Uranoscodon Bonaparte, 1832
The genera Abas, Ceiolaemus, Vilcunia and Pelusaurus are considered synonymous with Liolaemus (Frost & Etheridge, 1989; Schulte et al., 2000). The genera Ophryoessoides and Proctotretus are considered synonyms for Stenocercus (Frost). The genera Platynotus, Tapinurus and Strobilurus are considered synonyms of Tropidurus. Plesiomicrolophus is considered a synonym for Microlophus.
The genera Plica and Uracentron also appear to be considered synonyms of Tropidurus, but were reintroduced following genetic studies (Frost et al., 2001a).
A new genus, Eurolophosaurus, was introduced for some Tropidurus species (T. nanuzae, T. amathites and T. divaricatus).
After several genetic analyzes of the affected populations, further changes are underway that will undoubtedly lead to other groupings and the creation of new genera (Senocercus, Anatomegalepis, Boreomegalepis, Scelotrema).