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Tropidurus cocorobensis RODRIGUES, 1987

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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Calango 
SynonymTropidurus cocorobensis RODRIGUES 1987
Tropidurus cocorobensis — BARROS-RIBEIRO et al. 2012 
DistributionBrazil (Bahia, Pernambuco, Alagoas)

Type locality: Brasil: Bahia: Cocorobo. Lat -9.8833m Long -39.0300.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP 30119, macho, 1-4. v. 73, numero de campo 73.0583.
Paratipos: MZUSP 30113, 30121, 30132, machos; MZUSP 30133, 30138, Ierneas. Todos com os mesmos dados que 0 hol6- tipo. A ser!c tlpicu roi colctadu durante uma expedilliio conjunlu realizada pela Academia Brasileira de Ciencias e pelo MZUSP . 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Tropidurus pequeno, sem bolsa de acarta- nos na virilha (Fig. 13). Bscamas laterals do pescoco pequenas, multo menores que as temporais, carenadas, levemente imbricadas. Quando o mucro esta presence este apenas ultrapassa a margem da escama. Lados do pescocc com dues bclsas de acarianos rasas, revestidas por granulos e separadas por urn septo com escamaa nitidamente maiores (Fig. 4). [...] [rest of diagnosis not OCRable; see RODRIGUES 1987 for details]. 
CommentHabitat: sand

Diet: a large percentage of the diet of this species (30-50%) consists of ants (Lucas et al. 2023). 
Etymologynamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Bezerra, P. E. S., Santana, F. M., & de Moura, G. J. B. 2021. Sustainability assessment of a lizard assemblage in Pernambuco state, Brazil. Journal for Nature Conservation, 125957
  • 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
  • Freitas, M.A.; D. Veríssimo; V. Uhlig. 2012. Squamate Reptiles of the central Chapada Diamantina, with a focus on the municipality of Mucugê, state of Bahia, Brazil. Check List 8(1):16-22 - 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
  • Garda, A.A.; T.B. Costa; C.R. Santos-Silva; D.O. Mesquita; R.G. Faria; B.M. Conceição; I.R.S. Silva; A.S. Ferreira; S.M. Rocha; C.N.S. Palmeira; R. Rodrigues; S.F. Ferrari; S. Torquato. 2013. Herpetofauna of protected areas in the Caatinga I: Raso da Catarina Ecological Station (Bahia, Brazil). Check List 9 (2):405-414 - 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
  • Hamdan, B.; D.P. Coelho; A.B. D’Angiolella; E.J.R. Dias; R.M. Lira-da-Silva. 2013. The Reptile Collection of the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil. Check List 9 (2):257-262 - get paper here
  • Lucas B Q Cavalcanti, Gabriel C Costa, Guarino R Colli, Eric R Pianka, Laurie J Vitt, Daniel O Mesquita, 2023. Myrmecophagy in lizards: evolutionary and ecological implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023;, zlad175, - get paper here
  • Matos, Naiana Brito de; Milena Ferreira, Fernando de Jesus Silva, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Elinaira Santos da Silva, and Caroline Garcia 2016. Taxonomy and Evolution of Tropidurus (Iguania, Tropiduridae) Based on Chromosomal and DNA Barcoding Analysis. Journal of Herpetology 50 (2): 316-326 - get paper here
  • Patricia Marques Oliveira, Pedro M. Sales Nunes 2020. An endemic lizard of Catimbau National Park, Pernambuco, Brazil, found in stomach contents of Tropidurus cocorobensis (Squamata, Tropiduridae). Herpetology Notes 13: 305-307 - get paper here
  • Ribeiro, Leonardo B.;Brito, Michelle S.; Barbosa, Luirick F. S.;Pereira, Luiz C. M.; Nicola, Patrícia A. 2012. Tropidurus cocorobensis Rodrigues, 1987 (Squamata, Tropiduridae). New record and geographic distribution map in northeastern Brazil. Cuadernos de Herpetología 26 (1): - get paper here
  • Rodrigues M T 1987. Sistematica, ecologia e zoogeografia dos Tropidurus do grupo torquatus ao sul do Rio Amazonas (Sauria, Iguanidae). Arquivos de Zoologia 31(3) 1987: 105-230 - get paper here
  • Rodrigues, M. T.; Kasahara S; Yonenaga-Yassuda Y 1988. Tropidurus psammonastes: Una nova especie do grupo torquatus com notas sobre seu cariotipo e distribuicao (Sauria, Iguanidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 36(26) 1988: 307-313 - get paper here
  • Rodrigues, M.T. 2003. Herpetofauna da Caatinga. In: I.R. Leal, M. Tabarelli & J.M.C. Silva (eds.). Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga, pp. 181-236. Editora Universitária, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil.
  • Uchôa LR, Delfim FR, Mesquita DO, Colli GR, Garda AA, Guedes TB 2022. Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Caatinga, northeastern Brazil: Detailed and updated overview. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 599-659 - get paper here
 
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