Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Tropiduridae Bibliography of the genus Uranoscodon Biodiversity of the family Tropiduridae Genus Uranoscodon Mop-headed Iguana Mopskopfleguan Butsnudet Leguan 1811 Lophyrus Oppel [not Lophyrus Poli 1791 (Mollusca)] (type species: Lacerta superciliosa Linnaeus 1758; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) 1825 Uranoscodon Kaup (type species: Lacerta superciliosa Linnaeus 1758) Uraniscodon Boie 1825 [emendation] 1825 Ophryessa Boie (type species: Lacerta superciliosa Linnaeus 1758; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) Ophryoessa Wagler 1830 [emendation] Ophyessa Gray 1831 [emendation] 1827 Lophyrus Gray [not Lophyrus Oppel 1811 (Reptilia: Iguanidae); not Lophyrus Poli 1791 (Mollusca); substitute name for Uranoscodon Kaup 1825] 1831 Xiphura Gray (type species: Lacerta superciliosa Linnaeus 1758; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Regarded as a synonym of Tropidurus by Harvey & Gutberlet (2000). Distribution: As for the single species. Uranoscodon superciliosus Mop-headed Iguana, Grey Tree Lizard, Brown Tree Lizard, Long-tailed Tree Lizard, Diving Lizard Mopskopfleguan Butsnudet Leguan 1758 Lacerta superciliosa Linnaeus Uranoscodon superciliosa Kaup 1825 Ophryoessa superciliosa Guichenot 1855 Tropidurus superciliosus Harvey & Gutberlet 2000 1802 Agama stellaris Daudin (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) 1825 Lophyrus aureonitens Spix (Avila-Pires 1995) 1825 Lophyrus xiphosurus Spix (Avila-Pires 1995) Introduced to: USA (Florida). Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil (Amapa, Amazonas, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Para [incl. Marajo Island], Rondonia, Roraima, Tocantins), Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela. Uranoscodon superciliosus © Henrik Bringsøe