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Urostrophus vautieri DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1837

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Higher TaxaLeiosauridae (Enyaliinae), Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Brazilian Steppe Iguana
Portuguese: Camaleãozinho, Iguana-Rajada, Papa-Vento, Papa-Vento-de-Barriga-Listrada 
SynonymUrostrophus Vautieri DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 78
Laemanctus (Urostrophus) vautieri — FITZINGER 1843 (part.)
Leiosaurus vautieri — REINHARDT & LÜTKEN 1862: 223
Urostrophus vautieri — BOULENGER 1885: 123
Urostrophus Vautieri — BOULENGER 1886: 426
Urostrophus vautieri — PETERS et al. 1970: 276
Urostrophus vautieri — POE 2004
Urostrophus vautieri — CARVALHO et al. 2023 
DistributionS Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Paraná)

Type locality: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (fide GUIBÉ 1954).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 6779 and MNHN-RA 6780 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Urostrophus is an iguanian lizard of the family Polychridae diagnosed by the acquisition of endolymphatic sacs that extend back between the supraoccipital and parietal bones into the dorsal neck musculature, and other synapomorphies (Frost and Etheridge, 1989). Urostrophus differs from Polychrus in having lost femoral pores, from the leiosaurs (Enyalius, Pristidactylus, Diplolaemus, Leiosaurus, Aperopristis) in having reduced the number of sternal rib pairs from four to three and in lacking longitudinally divided distal subdigital scales, and from the anoles (Anolis, Chamaeolis, Phenacosaurus, Chamaelinorops) in having acquired a small posterior coracoid fenestra and in lacking elongate second ceratobranchials and the anole type digital pad. Urostrophus differs from Anisolepis (including Aptycholaemus, see below) in having smooth ventral scales, and posterior marginal tooth crowns with straight sides and moderate secondary cusps. The characters that distinguish Urostrophus from Anisolepis may be primitive, and the genus may be paraphyletic. [from Etheridge & Williams 1991]. 
CommentDistribution: not in Argentina fide AVILA et al. 2010, Lista de las lagartijas y anfisbaenas de Argentina. See ETHERIDGE & WILLIAMS 1991 for a map. Not in Paraguay fide Souza-Filho 2011 (and fide Cacciali et al. 2016).

Type species: Urostrophus Vautieri DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837 is the type species of the genus Urostrophus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837. 
EtymologyThe species was named for L. L. Vautier, collector of one of the syntypes.

The genus was named after the Greek words oura meaning tail and strophos meaning a twisted cord, in allusion to the prehensile tail in this genus. 
References
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  • Bérnils, R.S.; Batista, M.A. & Bertelli, P.W. 2001. Cobras e lagartos do Vale: levantamento das espécies de Squamata (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) da Bacia do Rio Itajai, Santa Catarina, Brasil. Rev. Est. Ambientais (Blumenau) 3 (1): 69-79
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  • Boulenger, G.A. 1886. A synopsis of the reptiles and batrachians of the province Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 18: 423-445 - get paper here
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  • Carvalho, André L. G.; Alejandro Laspiur, Julia Klaczko, Luis Rolando Rivas, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Marco Aurélio de Sena & Ricardo Céspedes 2023. Total evidence phylogenetic analysis of Leiosauridae (Squamata) with focus on the ‘para-anoles’ and description of a new Urostrophus species from the Bolivian Andes. Systematics and Biodiversity, 21:1, 2200306, - get paper here
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