| Higher Taxa | Tropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Rodrigues' Lava Lizard |
| Synonym | Tropidurus nanuzae RODRIGUES 1981
Eurolophosaurus nanuzae — FROST et al. 2001
Tropidurus nanuzae — GALDINO & PEREIRA 2002
Eurolophosaurus nanuzae — PASSONI et al. 2008 |
| Distribution | Brazil (western slopes of the Serra do Cipo)
Type locality: Brasil, Minas Gerais, Serra do Cipo, route MG2 km 109.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MZUSP 54869, male Paratypes: MZUSP |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS (genus): Following Rodrigues (1986) and Frost et al. (2001, p. 361). (1) head not relatively small, body and tail not compressed latero-laterally; (2) body not extremely flattened dorso-ventrally; (3) skull highly elevated at the level of the orbits; (4) premaxilla not broad; (5) nutritive foramina of maxilla striking enlarged; (6) lingual process of dentary present, extending over lingual dentary process of coronoid; (7) angular strongly reduced; (8) medial centrale absent; (9) sternal fontanelle extremely reduced or absent; (10) circumorbitals distinct from other small supraorbital scales; (11) one enlarged subocular plus one (occasionally divided) preocular; (12) well-defined postmental scale series; (13) antegular fold absent; (14) projecting tufts of elongate, spiny scales on the neck absent; (15) dorsal background brown or grayish brown; (16) dorsals keeled and mucronate, ventrals smooth or keeled; (17) enlarged middorsal scale row forming a dorsal crest; (18) “flash” marks on pre-cloacal region and underneath thighs of males absent or yellow-gold; (19) tail autotomic, terete, not strongly mucronate; (20) fourth finger longer than third; (21) lateral fringe not developed on both sides of fourth toes; (22) hemipenes attenuate, without apical disks; (23) rupicolous or psammophilous (modified by Omar Torres-Carvajal, Aug. 2021). |
| Comment | Type Species: Tropidurus nanuzae is the type species of the genus Eurolophosaurus FROST et al. 2001.
Passoni et al. (2008) suggested that “The populations of E. nanuzae from Bahia should be considered a new undescribed species, and the name nanuzae should be restricted to those of Minas Gerais (Extracão, Pedra Menina and Serra do Cipó). |
| Etymology | named after Dra. Nanuza L. Menezes, of the Departamento de Botanica da Universidade de Sao Paulo, “que por anos tem trabalhado sobre as Velloziaceas da Serra do Cipó e que me introduziu à região.” [RODRIGUES 1981] |
| References |
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