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Tropidurus torquatus  (Wied-Neuwied, 1820)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1056056

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Amazon Lava Lizard [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbčnes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderIguania  – iguanes, Iguanas  
                               FamilyTropiduridae  – Tropidurid Lizards  
                                  SubfamilyTropidurinae   
                                     GenusTropidurus Wied-Neuwied, 1824  
                                        SpeciesTropidurus torquatus (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) – Amazon Lava Lizard  
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Tropidurus torquatus, Amazon Lava Lizard [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kunz, Tobias Saraiva, and Márcio Borges-Martins   
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: A new microendemic species of Tropidurus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from southern Brazil and revalidation of Tropidurus catalanensis Gudynas and Skuk, 1983   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, issue 3681, no. 4   
  Page(s): 413-439   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.4.6   
  Reference for: Tropidurus torquatus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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