Uracentron
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Uracentron | |
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Tropical thornytail iguana (Uracentron flaviceps) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Tropiduridae |
Genus: | Uracentron Kaup, 1827 |
Species | |
2 spp., see text |
Uracentron is a genus of tropidurid lizards found in forests in northern South America. It contains only two species, which are both arboreal, have a relatively short spiny tail, and mainly feed on ants.[1]
Species[2][edit]
- Uracentron azureum (Linnaeus, 1758) – green thornytail iguana
- Uracentron flaviceps (Guichenot, 1855) – tropical thornytail iguana
References[edit]
- ^ Avila-Pires (1995). Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoologische Verhandelingen 299(1): 1-706
- ^ Uracentron, The Reptile Database
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- Uracentron
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- Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup