Tropidurus spinulosus

(Redirected from Microlophus spinulosus)

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Iguania
Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Tropiduridae
Genus: Tropidurus
Species: Tropidurus spinulosus

Name edit

  • Tropidurus spinulosus (Cope, 1862)

Holotype: USNM 5956, collected by T.J. Page on 1853.

Type locality: “Paraguay”.

Combinations edit

  • Microlophus spinulosus Cope, 1862: 351 [original combination]
  • Tropidurus (Microlophus) spinulosusBoettger, 1885: 216 [subsequent combination]
  • Tropidurus spinulosusBoulenger, 1885: 175 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms edit

  • Leiocephalus (Craniopeltis) variegatus O’Shaughnessy, 1879: 301 [synonymized by Boulenger (1885: 175)

Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.8.30.27–28, collected by E. White.

Type locality: “near Cordova [=Cordoba]”.

References edit

Primary references edit

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Spiny Lava Lizard