ENTARARA SPINY LIZARD Tropidurus tarara CERRADO
The Tropidurus or Spiny Lizards are a group of about 20 species confined to South America which are typical of dry areas. They are shaped somewhat like Agamid Lizards, with flattened bodies and large heads, this species being largely arboreal. This species is currently considered endemic to the Cerrado of the northern Oriental region of Paraguay (though it likely also occurs in extreme southern Mato Grosso do Sul) and it is relatively common in its range, occurring in three national parks. It has been recently described by Carvalho (2016) - download using link below.
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Carvalho ALG. 2016 Three new species of the Tropidurus spinulosus group (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from Eastern Paraguay. AMNH Novitates 3853: p1-44.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPREP726PH) Adult head lateral, PN Serranía San Luís, Departamento Concepción (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 2 - (FPREP727PH) Same individual dorsal head detail (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 3 - (FPREP728PH) Same individual ventral head detail (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 4 - (FPREP729PH) Same individual dorsal (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 5 - (FPREP730PH) Same individual dorsal pattern detail (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 6 - (FPREP731PH) Same individual flank pattern (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 7 - (FPREP732PH) Same individual ventral (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 8 - (FPREP733PH) Same individual cloaca detail (Paul Smith August 2011).
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FIGURE 9 - (FPREP734PH) Subadult ? head lateral, PN Serranía San Luís, Departamento Concepción (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 10 - (FPREP735PH) Same individual dorsal head detail (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 11 - (FPREP736PH) Same individual ventral head detail (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 12 - (FPREP737PH) Same individual dorsal (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 13 - (FPREP738PH) Same individual ventral (Paul Smith August 2011).
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FIGURE 14 - (FPREP943PH) Juvenile head lateral, PN Serranía San Luís, Departamento Concepción (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 15 - (FPREP944PH) Same individual dorsal head detail (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 16 - (FPREP945PH) Same individual ventral head detail (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 17 - (FPREP946PH) Same individual dorsal (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 18 - (FPREP947PH) Same individual lateral (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 19 - (FPREP948PH) Same individual ventral (Paul Smith August 2011).