Stenocercus dumerilii

Stenocercus dumerilii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Stenocercus
Species:
S. dumerilii
Binomial name
Stenocercus dumerilii
(Steindachner, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Ophryoessoides dumerilii
    Steindachner, 1867
  • Liocephalus dumerilii
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Leiocephalus dumerilii
    — C. Burt & M. Burt, 1933
  • Stenocercus dumerilii
    — Ávila-Pires, 1995
Figures (1) Drawing of Stenocercus tricristatus from Plate XXII in Duméril (1851); (2) photograph of a live adult specimen of Stenocercus canastra sp. nov; (3) photograph of a live juvenile specimen of S. canatra sp. nov
Figures (1) Drawing of Stenocercus tricristatus from Plate XXII in Duméril (1851); (2) photograph of a live adult specimen of Stenocercus canastra sp. nov; (3) photograph of a live juvenile specimen of S. canatra sp. nov

Stenocercus dumerilii is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, dumerilii, is in honor of French herpetologist André Marie Constant Duméril.

Geographic range

S. dumerilii is found in northeastern Brazil, in the Brazilian states of Maranhão, northeastern Pará, and Tocantins.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. dumerilii is forest.

Diet

S. dumerilii preys upon a wide variety of arthropods.

Reproduction

S. dumerilii is oviparous. Clutch size is 2–6 eggs.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Silveira, A.L.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Borges-Nojosa, D.M.; Costa, G.C.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Winck, G.; Colli, G.R.; Silva, J.R.S.; Viñas, L.V.; Ribeiro Júnior, M.A.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Tinôco, M.S.T.; Almeida-Santos, P.; Valadão, R.; de Oliveira, R.B.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Ferreira, V.L.; de Menezes, V.A. (2021). "Stenocercus dumerilii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T50950782A154324292. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T50950782A154324292.en. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Stenocercus dumerilii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Stenocercus dumerilii, p. 77).

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