Morunasaurus annularis

Morunasaurus annularis, known commonly as the ringed manticore or the ringed spinytail iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Hoplocercidae. The species is endemic to northwestern South America. Little is known of its lifestyle.

Morunasaurus annularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Hoplocercidae
Genus: Morunasaurus
Species:
M. annularis
Binomial name
Morunasaurus annularis
Synonyms[1]
  • Hoplocercus annularis
    O'Shaughnessy, 1881
  • Morunasaurus annularis
    Dunn, 1933

Geographic range

M. annularis is found in southern Colombia and Ecuador.[1]

Reproduction

M. annularis is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. "Morunasaurus annularis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Hoplocercus annularis, pp. 200-201).
  • O'Shaughnessy AWE (1881). "An Account of the Collection of Lizards made by Mr. Buckley in Ecuador, and now in the British Museum, with Descriptions of the new Species". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 227-245 + Plates XXII-XXV. (Hoplocercus annularis, new species, pp. 244-245 + Plate XXV, figure 2).



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