Tropidurus etheridgei

{{Short description|Species of lizard}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn|access-date=26 April 2023|author1=Aparicio, J.|author10=Scott, N.|author2=Cacciali, P.|author3=Carreira, S.|author4=Gonzales, L.|author5=Kacoliris, F.|author6=Montero, R.|author7=Moravec, J.|author8=Nogueira, C. de C.|author9=Pelegrin, N.|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T49845544A49845548.en|article-number=e.T49845544A49845548|title=''Tropidurus etheridgei''|volume=2019|year=2019}}</ref> | genus = Tropidurus | species = etheridgei | authority = Cei, 1982 }}

'''''Tropidurus etheridgei''''', also known commonly as '''Etheridge's lava lizard''', is a species of lizard of the family Tropiduridae. The species is endemic to South America.

==Etymology== The specific name, ''etheridgei'', is in honor of American herpetologist Richard Emmett Etheridge.<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Tropidurus etheridgei'', p. 86).</ref>

==Geographic range== ''T. etheridgei'' is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species |genus=Tropidurus |species=etheridgei|access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref>

==Habitat== The preferred natural habitats of ''T. etheridgei'' are forest and savanna.<ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021"/>

==Reproduction== ''T. etheridgei'' is oviparous.<ref name=RDB/>

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==Further reading== *Avila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update". ''Zootaxa'' '''3613''' (3): 201–238. *Cacciali P, Köhler G (2019). "Diversity of ''Tropidurus'' (Squamata: Tropiduridae) in Paraguay—an integrative taxonomic approach based on morphological and molecular genetic evidence". ''Zootaxa'' '''4375''' (4): 511–536. *Cei JM (1982). "A new species of ''Tropidurus'' (Sauria, Iguanidae) from the arid Chacoan and western regions of Argentina". ''Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas'' (97): 1–10. (''Tropidurus etheridgei'', new species). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish). *Cruz FB, Silva S, Scrocchi GJ (1998). "Ecology of the lizard ''Tropidurus etheridgei'' (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from the dry Chaco of Salta, Argentina". ''Herpetological Natural History'' '''6''' (1): 23–31. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish). *Dirksen L, De la Riva I (1999). "The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography". ''Graellsia'' '''55''': 199–215. (''Tropidurus etheridgei'', p. 207). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).

Category:Tropidurus Category:Reptiles described in 1982 Category:Lizards of Brazil Category:Reptiles of Bolivia Category:Reptiles of Argentina Category:Reptiles of Paraguay Category:Taxa named by José Miguel Alfredo María Cei