Uracentron azureum

The green thornytail iguana (Uracentron azureum) is an arboreal species of lizard from the Amazon rainforest and forests in the Guiana Shield. It is found in Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, northeastern Peru, southern Venezuela, and northern Brazil.[1][2] In addition to the nominate subspecies from the northeastern part of its range, it has two subspecies: the southwestern T. a. guentheri and the northwestern T. a. werneri.[1][2] It can reach about 9 cm (3.5 in) in snout–vent length, has a relatively short, spiny tail, and is overall green with black spots and bands.[2] As in U. flaviceps (the only other species in the genus), U. azureum primarily feeds on ants.[2]

Green thornytail iguana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Uracentron
Species:
U. azureum
Binomial name
Uracentron azureum
Synonyms
  • Lacerta azurea Linnaeus, 1758
  • Stellio brevicaudatus Latreille, 1802
  • Stellio azureus – Latreille, 1802
  • Uromastyx azurea – Merrem, 1820
  • Uracentron azureum – Kaup, 1826
  • Doryphorus [sp. ?] – Cuvier, 1829
  • Urocentron azurea – Wagler, 1830
  • Uranocentron [sp. ?] – Gray, 1831
  • Doryphorus azureus – Duméril & Bibron, 1837
  • Uranocentrum [sp. ?] – O'Shaugnessy, 1881

Uracentron azureum – Boulenger, 1885

  • Hoplurus azureus – Schlegel, 1858
  • Tropidurus azureum – Frost 1992
  • Uracentron azureum guentheri Boulenger 1894
  • Uracentron guentheri Boulenger, 1894
  • Uracentron azureum werneri Mertens, 1925
  • Uracentron werneri Mertens, 1925

References
  1. Uracentron azureum, Reptile Database
  2. Avila-Pires (1995). Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoologische Verhandelingen 299(1): 1-706
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