Tropidurus hygomi

Tropidurus hygomi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Tropidurus
Species:
T. hygomi
Binomial name
Tropidurus hygomi

Tropidurus hygomi, also known commonly as Reinhardt's lava lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae.[2] The species is native to the Northeast Region of Brazil.

Etymology

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The specific name, hygomi, is in honor of Danish merchant seaman Vilhelm Johannes Willaius Hygom (born 1818), who collected natural history specimens, both land and marine.[3]

Geographic range

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T. hygomi is found in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Sergipe.[1][2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of T. hygomi is sandy areas,[1][2] in forest and shrubland.[1]

Description

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T. hygomi has an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3.43 cm (1.35 in).[1]

Behavior

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T. hygomi is terrestrial and diurnal.[1]

Diet

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T. hygomi preys predominately upon ants, beetles, and termites, but also eats larvae and adults of other insects, spiders, wood lice, centipedes, and millipedes.[1]

Reproduction

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T. hygomi is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Silveira, A.L.; da Rocha, C.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Werneck, F.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Winck, G.; Ribeiro Júnior, M.A.; Kiefer, M.; de Freitas, M.A.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Tinôco, M.S.T.; Valadão, R.; Cardoso Vieira, R.; Perez Maciel, R.; Gomes Faria, R.; Recoder, R.; D'Ávila, R.; Torquato da Silva, S.; de Barcelos Ribeiro, S.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S. (2021). "Tropidurus hygomi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T49845578A49845580. Retrieved 16 December 2021. (in English and Portuguese).
  2. ^ a b c d Tropidurus hygomi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropidurus hygomi, p. 128).

Further reading

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  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Tropidurus hygomi, p. 177).
  • Caldas, Francis; Santos, Rafael; Santana, Daniel; Faria, Renato (2021). "Filling some of the gap of ecological informations [sic] of a Brazilian Vulnerable lizard (Tropidurus hygomi) ". Cuadernos de Herpetología 35: 207–222.
  • Freitas MA (2014). "Squamate reptiles of the Atlantic Forest of northern Bahia, Brazil". Check List 10 (5): 1020–1030.
  • Lima, Jefferson Oliveira; Andrade, Hugo; Silva, Tainara Lima da; Dias, Eduardo José dos Reis (2022). "Reptiles of Sergipe: current knowledge and sampling discontinuities". Herpetology Notes 15: 69–78.
  • Reinhardt JT, Lütken CF (1862). "Bidrag til Kundskab om Brasiliens Padder og Krybdyr. Förste Afdeling: Padderne og Öglerne". Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn 1861 (10/15): 143–242. (Tropidurus hygomi, new species, pp. 228–229). (in Danish and Latin).