Tropidurus callathelys HARVEY & GUTBERLET, 1998

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Higher Taxa	Tropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	Portuguese: Calango, Papa-Vento, Calango-de-Pedra-Pintado
Synonym	Tropidurus callathelys HARVEY & GUTBERLET 1998 Tropidurus callathelys — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999 Tropidurus callathelys — MORAIS et al. 2014 Tropidurus callathelys — SALLES et al. 2025
Distribution	Bolivia (Serrania de Huanchaca, Sana Cruz), Brazil (Mato Grosso) Type locality: rock outcrops on northern slope of Serrania de Huanchaca, Bolivia (13 36'S, 60 54'W), 500-600 m elevation.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: UTA R-89610 (field tag M. B. Harvey 5011), an adult male collected 22 September1995 by Michael B. Harvey, James Aparicio E., Claudia Cortez, Lucindo Gonzales A, Juan Fernando Guerra S, María Esther Montaño, and Maria Esther Pérez B. Paratypes.-Eleven males and six females (UTA R-39611-27) collected with the holotype
Diagnosis
Comment	Habitat: rocks Distribution: for a map (1 locality) see Salles et al. 2025: Fig. 1.
Etymology	Named after Greek calos (καλός), beautiful + Greek thelys (θῆλυς), female; soft, delicate (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024)
References	Carvalho, ANDRÉ LUIZ GOMES DE 2013. On the distribution and conservation of the South American lizard genus Tropidurus Wied-Neuwied, 1825 (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Zootaxa 3640 (1): 042–056 - get paper here Dirksen, L. & De la Riva, I. 1999. The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography. Graellsia 55: 199-215 - get paper here Frost, Darrel R., Miguel T. Rodrigues, Taran Grant, and Tom A. Titus 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 - get paper here Gómez-Murillo, Pedro; Oliver Quinteros-Muñoz, Enrique Domic, Teresa Camacho-Badani, Romeo Rojas-Estrada, Irene Arellano-Martín, Rodrigo Aguayo, Lucindo Gonzales, Luis F. Esqueda, Carlos Urdiales Alonso, Dennis E. Lizarro (†), Edson Cortez, Mauricio O 2025. Catalogue of the reptiles (Reptilia) of Bolivia: checklist, distribution and literature. Cuadernos de Herpetología 39(S1):2-185 - get paper here Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here Harvey, M. B. & R. L. J. Gutberlet 1998. Lizards of the genus Tropidurus (Iguania: Tropiduridae) from the Serrania de Huanchaca, Bolivia: new species, natural history, and a key to the genus. Herpetologica 54 (4): 493-520. - get paper here HARVEY, Michael B. & RONALD L. GUTBERLET JR 2000. A phylogenetic analysis of the tropidurine lizards (Squamata: Tropiduridae), including new characters of squamation and epidermal microstructure. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128: 189–233. - get paper here Morais, Carlos José S.; André Felipe Barreto-Lima, Pedro T. Dantas, Fabrícius M. C. B. Domingos, Roger M. D. Ledo, Davi L. Pantoja, Heitor C. de Sousa, Guarino R. Colli 2014. First records of Tropidurus callathelys and T. chromatops (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropiduridae) in Brazil. Check List 10 (5): 1213-1217 - get paper here Salles, M.M.A., Carvalho, A.L.G., Leaché, A.D., Martinez, N., Bauer, F., Motte, M., Espínola, V., Rodrigues, M.T., Piantoni, C., Pie, M.R., Olivotto, A., Colli, G.R., Choueri, E.L., Werneck, F.P. and Domingos, F.M.C.B. 2025. Ancient Introgression Explains Mitochondrial Genome Capture and Mitonuclear Discordance Among South American Collared Tropidurus Lizards. Mol Ecol, 34: e70130 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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