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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...
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green thornytail iguana (
Uracentron azureum) is an
arboreal species of
lizard from the
Amazon rainforest and
forests in the
Guiana Shield. It is found...
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Uracentron flaviceps, the
tropical thornytail iguana or
Amazon thornytail iguana is an
elusive species of medium-sized
arboreal lizard found in the tropical...
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Tropidurus Wied-Neuwied, 1824 (including Platynotus, Tapinurus)
Uracentron Kaup, 1827 –
thornytail iguanas (sometimes in Tropidurus) Uranoscodon...
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mauritanica –
Tarentola mauritanica,
European common gecko Lacerta azurea –
Uracentron azureum Lacerta turcica –
Hemidactylus turcicus,
Mediterranean house gecko...
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iguana are now
often separated into the minor, but
probably distinct Uracentron lineage, instead. In this article,
these two
genera are kept separate...
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spinulosus (Cope, 1862)
Tropidurus torquatus (Wied, 1820)
Uracentron azureum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Uracentron flaviceps (Guichenot, 1855)
Uranoscodon superciliosus...
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torquatus Amazon Lava
Lizard Amazon basin Uracentron azureum Green Thornytail Iguana Amazon &
Orinoquia regions Uracentron flaviceps Tropical Thornytail Lizard...
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Genus Plica Genus Stenocercus Genus Strobilurus Genus Tropidurus Genus Uracentron -
sometimes in
Tropidurus Genus Uranoscodon Superfamily Lacertoidea Family...
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structures via
convergent evolution,
including species in the
genera Uracentron, Holbrookia, and Phrynosoma. C.
maculosus is
endemic to the
three largest...
