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Tropidurus itambere RODRIGUES, 1987

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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Calangão, Calango, Calango-Grande, Calango-Urbano, Papa-Vento 
SynonymTropidurus itambere RODRIGUES 1987: 183
Tropidurus itambere — FROST et al. 2001
Tropidurus itambere — DOMINGOS et al. 2017 
DistributionSE Brazil (Sao Paulo, Paraná [HR 27: 216], Goias, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais)

Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Sorocaba. Lat -23.5017, Long -47.4581.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP 42847 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: RODRIGUES 1987: 183.
 
CommentDiversity: Domingos et al. 2017 found 5 well-supported cryptic species within T. itambere using DNA sampling across the Brazilian Cerrado. However, they did not name or diagnose these populations morphologically.

Habitat: rocks

Diet: a large percentage of the diet of this species (10-30%) consists of ants (Lucas et al. 2023). 
Etymology“o nome da especie vem da lingua indigena tupi-guarani onde significa lagartixe de pedra.” 
References
  • Araujo, Cybele O.; Fábio Maffei, Décio T. Corrêa, Guilherme M. Moya, Bruno T. M. Nascimento, Selma Maria A. Santos 2014. Lizards from Estação Ecológica de Santa Bárbara, a remnant of Cerrado in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Check List 10 (5): 1038-10 - get paper here
  • Ávila, R.W.; R.A. Kawashita-Ribeiro. 2011. Herpetofauna of São João da Barra Hydroelectric Plant, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Check List 7 (6): 750-755 - get paper here
  • BARROS, Ana Bárbara 2011. HERPETOFAUNA DO PARQUE NACIONAL DA SERRA DA CANASTRA MINAS GERAIS BRASIL M. Sc. Thesis, Universidade Federal de Viçosa - get paper here
  • 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
  • Cavalcanti, Lucas B Q; 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
  • Domingos, Fabricius M.C.B.; Guarino R. Colli, Alan Lemmon, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, Luciano B. Beheregaray 2017. In the shadows: Phylogenomics and coalescent species delimitation unveil cryptic diversity in a Cerrado endemic lizard (Squamata: Tropidurus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 455-465 [published online 2016] - 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
  • Guerra, V., Ramalho, W. P., Machado, I. F., & Brandão, R. A. 2022. Herpetofauna of the Serra do Tombador Nature Reserve, State of Goiás, Central Brazil. Arquivos de Zoologia, 53(3), 33-51 - get paper here
  • HARVEY, Michael B. & RONALD L. GUTBERLET JR 2000. A phylogenetic analysis of the tropidurine lizards (Squamata: Tropiduridae), including new characters of squamation and epidermal microstructure. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128: 189–233. - get paper here
  • MARQUES, O. A. V.; PEREIRA, D. N.; BARBO, F.E.; GERMANO, V.J. & SAWAYA, R. J. 2009. Os Répteis do Município de São Paulo: diversidade e ecologia da fauna pretérita e atual. Biota Neotropica 9: 1-12 - 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
  • Nunes, Juliana Vaz E; Thiago Elisei and Bernadete Maria de Sousa 2012. Anti-predator behaviour in the Brazilian lizard Tropidurus itambere (Tropiduridae) on a rocky outcrop. Herpetological Bulletin (120) - get paper here
  • Ramalho, Werther Pereira; Vinícius Guerra Batista; Luciano Roberto Passos Lozi 2014. Anfíbios e répteis do médio rio Aporé, estados de Mato Grosso do Sul e Goiás, Brasil. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 9 (3): 147-160; doi: 10.4013/nbc.2014.93.04 - get paper here
  • Ribeiro, L.B.; Gomides, S.C.; Santos, A.O. & Sousa, B.M. 2007. THERMOREGULATORY BEHAVIOR OF THE SAXICOLOUS LIZARD, TROPIDURUS TORQUATUS (SQUAMATA, TROPIDURIDAE), IN A ROCKY OUTCROP IN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL. Herp. Cons. Biol. 3 (1): 63-70 - 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
  • Silva-Lucas, Priscila; Iara Alves Novelli, Bernadete Maria de Sousa 2016. Assemblage of squamate reptiles in a natural remnant of Cerrado in southern Minas Gerais, Brazil. Check List 12 (2): 1-9 - get paper here
  • Sluys, M. van 1997. Home Range of the Saxicolous Lizard Tropidurus itambere (Tropiduridae) in Southeastern Brazil Copeia 1997 (3): 623-628. - get paper here
  • SOUSA, B.M., NASCIMENTO, A.E.R., GOMIDES, S.C., VARELA RIOS, C.H., HUDSON, A.H. & NOVELLI, I.A. 2010. Reptiles in fragments of Cerrado and Atlantic Forest at the Campo das Vertentes, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica 10 (2): 129-138 - get paper here
  • Van Sluys, M. 1993. Food Habits of the Lizard Tropidurus itambere (Tropiduridae) in Southeastern Brazil Journal of Herpetology 27 (3): 347-351. - get paper here
  • Van Sluys, M. 1993. The Reproductive Cycle of Tropidurus itambere (Sauria: Tropiduridae) in Southeastern Brazil Journal of Herpetology 27 (1): 28-32. - get paper here
  • Van Sluys, M. 1998. Growth and Body Condition of the Saxicolous Lizard Tropidurus itambere in Southeastern Brazil Journal of Herpetology 32 (3): 359-365. - get paper here
  • Van Sluys, M. 2000. Population Dynamics of the Saxicolous Lizard Tropidurus itambere (Tropiduridae) in a Seasonal Habitat of Southeastern Brazil Herpetologica 56 (1): 55-62. - get paper here
  • Van Sluys, M., C.F.D. Rocha & S.C. Ribas 1994. Nematodes infecting the lizard Tropidurus itambere in southeastern Brazil Amphibia-Reptilia, 15(4): 405-408. - get paper here
  • VARELA RIOS, C.H.V., NOVELLI, I.A., HUDSON, A.A., COZENDEY, P., LIMA, L.C., SOUSA, B.M. 2017. Communities and occurrences of Squamata reptiles in different vegetation types of the Serra de São José, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 17(1): e20150103 - get paper here
  • Vaz-Silva, W. et al. 2007. Herpetofauna, Espora Hydroelectric Power Plant, state of Goiás, Brazil. Check List 3 (4): 338-345 - get paper here
  • Zaher, Hussam; Fausto Erritto BarboI; Paola Sanchez Martínez; Cristiano Nogueira; Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues; Ricardo Jannini Sawaya 2011. Répteis do Estado de São Paulo: conhecimento atual e perspectivas. Biota Neotropica, 11 (1): 1–15. - get paper here
 
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