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Tropidurus psammonastes RODRIGUES, KASAHARA, YONENAGA-YASSUDA, 1988

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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Calango 
SynonymTropidurus psammonastes RODRIGUES et al. 1988
Tropidurus psammonastes — FROST et al. 2001 
DistributionBrazil (Bahia)

Type locality: Brasil: Bahia: Xique-Xique (Arraial do Paulista, 10° 46' S, 42° 46' W).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP 66085, male 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “Tropidurus pequeno; virilha sem balsa de acarianos, com escamas bern diferenciadas; escamas do lado do pescoco menores que as temporais, imbricadas, levemente carenadas e mucronadas. Lados do pescoco com duas regiões deprimidas de igual tamanho separadas por pequena dobra: a anterior e mais ventral com escamas iguais às da dobra: a posterior, situada em posicão mais dorsal. com alguns granulos. Supraoculares estreitas, dispostas em tres fileiras longitudinais irregulares. Macho adulto com rnanchas negras na face ventral da coxa e aba anal. rodendo on não, estar presente na porcão ventral da raiz da cauda [from RODRIGUES et al. 1988; apologies for imperfect OCR]. 
CommentKaryotype: 2n = 35 (male) [RODRIGUES et al. 1988].

Habitat: sand 
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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Lambertz, M. 2010. Kommentierte Liste der squamaten Reptilien des Sanddünengebietes am mittleren Rio São Francisco (Bahia, Brasilien) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung endemischer Faunenelemente. Ophidia 4 (2): 2-17 - get paper here
  • Lambertz, Markus; Tiana Kohlsdorf, Steven F. Perry,Robson Waldemar Ávila, Reinaldo José da Silva 2012. First assessment of the endoparasitic nematode fauna of four psammophilous species of Tropiduridae (Squamata: Iguania) endemic to north-eastern Brazil. Acta Herpetologica 7 (2): 315-323 - 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
  • 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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