Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
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Genus
Uracentron
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South American Spiny-tailed Iguanas, Thornytails
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Dornschwanzleguane
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Sydamerikanske Tornhaleleguaner
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1826 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Uracentron Kaup (type species: Lacerta azurea Linnaeus 1758) |
1829 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Doryphorus Cuvier (type species: Stellio brevicaudata Latreille 1802; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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Urocentron Wagler [substitute name for Uracentron Kaup 1826] |
1835 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Urocentrum Wiegmann [substitute name for Uracentron Kaup 1826] |
1845 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Uranocentron Gray [substitute name for Uracentron Kaup 1826] |
Contents:
2 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks:
Frost (1992) proposed that Uracentron should be regarded as a synonym of
Tropidurus. This proposal has not been adopted generally (e.g., Avila-Pires 1995), and he later reversed the arrangement (Frost, Rodrigues, Grant & Titus 2001).
Distribution:
N. South America.
Reported from:
Brazil
(Acre,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Rondonia),
Colombia,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Guyana,
Peru,
Surinam,
Venezuela.
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Uracentron azureum
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Green Spiny-tailed Iguana
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Grüner Dornschwanzleguan
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Grøn Tornhaleleguan
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Lacerta azurea Linnaeus |
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Stellio azureus Latreille 1802 |
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Uromastyx azureus Merrem 1820 |
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Uracentron azureum Kaup 1826 |
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Doryphorus azureus Cuvier 1829 |
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Urocentron azurea Wagler 1830 |
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Ophessa azureus Gray 1831 |
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Tropidurus azureus Frost 1992 |
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Stellio brevicaudata Latreille (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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Uromastyx caeruleus Merrem [substitute name for Lacerta azurea Linnaeus 1758] (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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Urocentrum guentheri Boulenger (Greene 1977) |
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Uracentron azureum guentheri Greene 1977 |
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Uracentron werneri Mertens (Greene 1977) |
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Uracentron azureum werneri Greene 1977 |
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Other common names:
azureum: Eastern Green Spiny-tailed Iguana
guentheri: Southern Green Spiny-tailed Iguana
Remarks:
Includes three subspecies (azureum, guentheri, werneri) previously regarded as separate species.
A single specimen has been recorded from Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil, but its presence there needs confirmation (Avila-Pires 1995).
Correct publication year of the original description of guentheri is 1895, not 1894 (Costa & Bérnils 2015).
Distribution:
Brazil
(Amapa,
Amazonas,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Rondonia),
Colombia,
French Guiana,
Guyana,
Peru,
Surinam,
Venezuela.
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Uracentron flaviceps
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Amazon Spiny-tailed Iguana, (Tropical Spiny-tailed Iguana)
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Amazonas-Dornschwanzleguan
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Amazonas-tornhaleleguan
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Doryphorus flaviceps Guichenot |
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Uranocentron flaviceps O'Shaughnessy 1881 |
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Urocentron flaviceps Boulenger 1885 |
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Uracentron flaviceps Mertens 1925 |
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Tropidurus flaviceps Frost 1992 |
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Doryphorus castor Cope (Avila-Pires 1995) |
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Distribution:
Brazil
(Acre,
Amazonas,
Rondonia),
Colombia,
Ecuador,
Peru.
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