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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesTropidurus melanopleurus melanopleurus BOULENGER 1902
Tropidurus melanopleurus pictus MÜLLER 1924 
Common NamesE: Black Lava Lizard
G: Schwarzer Anden-Kielschwanzleguan 
SynonymTropidurus melanopleurus BOULENGER 1902: 399
Tropidurus praeornatus MÜLLER 1924: 83
Tropidurus melanopleurus — PETERS et al. 1970: 266
Tropidurus praeornatus — MEIER 1982
Tropidurus melanopleurus — CEI 1993
Tropidurus melanopleurus — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999

Tropidurus melanopleurus pictus MÜLLER 1924
Tropidurus pictus MÜLLER 1924: 86
Tropidurus pictus — MEIER 1982
Tropidurus melanopleurus pictus — LAURENT 1982
Tropidurus melanopleurus pictus — HARVEY 1998 
DistributionS Peru, Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Chuquisaca, Santz Cruz, Tarija), Argentina (Salta)

melanopleurus: Bolivia, La Paz

pictus: S-Bolivia, adjacent Argentina; Type locality: “Gebiet des oberen Pilcomayo, zwischen Tarija und S. Francisco, Bolivien”. Lat -21.6833, Long -65.3000.

Type locality: Tamampoya, Bolivia, elevation 1200 m. Lat -16.2876, Long -67.2579  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.8.29.66-67 (and possibly additional specimens).
Holotype: ZMB 26413 [pictus]
Syntypes: 2MB 23497, Type locality: “oberer Pilcomayo, zwischen Tarija und S. Francisco, Bolivien”, paratype: ZFMK 95273 [Tropidurus praeornatus] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1106 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSubspecies: Two subspecies according to LAURENT 1982. Shows dramatic sexual dimorphism, especially in adult specimens.

Habitat: rocks 
EtymologyNamed after Greek melanos (μέλανος), black + Greek pleura (πλευρά), sides or side (of a person or animal). [“...sides of head and body black...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • AVILA, LUCIANO JAVIER; LORENA ELIZABETH MARTINEZ & MARIANA MORANDO 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1902. Descriptions of new batrachians and reptiles from the Andes of Peru and Bolivia [Elaps regularis not assigned]. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 10 (59): 394-402 - 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
  • Cei, J.M. 2003. SPECIFIC SUPRAOCULAR SCUTELLATION PATTERNS AS SIGNIFICANT DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS: A TAXONOMIC INTER- AND INTRAGENERIC "FINGER-PRINT" IN LACERTILIA. Facena 19: 129-135 - get paper here
  • Dirksen, L. & De la Riva, I. 1999. The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography. Graellsia 55: 199-215 - get paper here
  • Eversole, C. B., Powell, R. L., Rivas, L. R., & Lizarro, D. E. 2024. Reptile Biodiversity and Vulnerability in Bolivia’s Beni Department: Informing Conservation Priorities in a Neglected Frontier. Diversity, 16(6), 335 - 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
  • Laurent R F 1982. Variación y dimorfismo sexual en el complejo Tropidurus melanopleurus pictus (|Iguanidae). Act. 8th Congr. Latinoam. Zool. 1: 621-623
  • Meier,H. 1982. Zwei seltene Tropidurus-Arten aus Bolivien [T. pictus, T. praeornatus]. Herpetofauna 4 (19): 10-12 - get paper here
  • Müller, L. 1924. Ueber neue oder seltene Mittel- und Südamerikanische Amphibien und Reptilien. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 11 (1): 75-93 [1923]
  • Perez-Mellado, Valentin; De la Riva, Ignacio 1993. Sexual size dimorphism and ecology: The case of a tropical lizard, Tropidurus melanopleurus (Sauria: Tropiduridae). Copeia 1993 (4): 969-976 - get paper here
  • Schumacher, R. & Barts, M. 2003. Tropidurus melanopleurus BOULENGER. Sauria (Suppl.) 25 (3): 591-596 - get paper here
 
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