Tropidurus imbituba KUNZ & BORGES-MARTINS, 2013
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Tropidurus imbituba
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| Higher Taxa | Tropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Portuguese: Calango |
| Synonym | Tropidurus imbituba KUNZ & BORGES-MARTINS 2013 Tropidurus imbituba — ANJOS-SOUZA et al. 2024 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Santa Catarina) Type locality: rocky seashore of Praia da Vila (Morro do Farol; 28°14’20’’S / 48°39’10’’W), municipality of Imbituba, Santa Catarina, Brazil. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: UFRGS 5932, adult male; collected on the 10th of January 2011 by T. S. Kunz and R. F. Bressan. Paratypes: 10 males (MCP 18947-49; UFRGS 5044, 5092, 5203, 5225, 5302, 5354, 5358) and 14 females (MCP 18944-46; UFRGS 5043, 5045, 5093, 5164-65, 5205-07, 5357, 5545-46), all collected in the type locality by T. S. Kunz between December 2008 and January 2011. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Tropidurus imbituba sp. nov. is distinguished from all other species of the torquatus group, except from T. catalanensis and T. torquatus, by having folds and pockets of the type “A” (sensu Rodrigues 1987). From T. catalanensis it differs in lower dorsal scales counts; from T. catalanensis and T. torquatus, by the distinctive bronze or orange coloration of the venter and sides of the trunk and neck in adult males (yellow in the chest and throat in T. catalanensis and white or cream in T. torquatus). In relation to T. torquatus, the new species presents broad overlap in meristic characters with specimens from the Cerrados, differing in coloration (venter orange-bronze in T. imbituba sp. nov.; white or cream in T. torquatus). From specimens of the mountain ranges of Rio de Janeiro, it is well distinguished by meristic characters (dorsals, gulars, SAB); and from the coastal ones, it differs in attaining larger body size (SVL of the larger male of the new species is 125.8 mm, while the larger male of the coastal populations of eastern Brazil attained 107 mm.). |
| Comment | Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
| Etymology | named after the type locality. The specific epithet is derived from the Tupí-guarani language, meaning “imbé in abundance” (imbé = a name used for some species of lianas and other plants, and tuba = abundance) |
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