Oplurus

Oplurus
	Oplurus cuvieri
Systematics
Superordinate :	Scale lizards (Lepidosauria)
Order :	Scale reptiles (Squamata)
without rank:	Toxicofera
without rank:	Iguana (Iguania)
Family :	Madagascar iguanas (Opluridae)
Genre :	Oplurus
Scientific name
	Oplurus
	Cuvier , 1829

Oplurus is a genus from the family of Madagascar lizards (Opluridae). The genus occurs in arid areas and dry forests in the south and west of Madagascar , as well as in isolated areas in the north-west and the central highlands of the island. The Cuviers Madagascar iguana ( Oplurus cuvieri ) is the only species of the genus to be found on Grande Comore .

features

Oplurus species are very similar in appearance and way of life to the African agamas (Agamidae). They are medium-sized lizards up to 40 cm long. They differ from the genus Chalarodon from the same family, among other things, in the large, whorled scales of the tail.

Systematics

There are currently six types:

Cuviers Madagascar Iguana or Great Madagascar Tree Iguana ( Oplurus cuvieri ( Gray , 1831))

Madagascar spiny -tailed iguana or small Madagascar tree iguana ( Oplurus cyclurus ( Merrem , 1820))

Blue Madagascar Iguana or Bluish Madagascar Rock Iguana ( Oplurus fierinensis Grandidier , 1869)

Grandidiers Madagascar Iguana ( Oplurus grandidieri ( Mocquard , 1900))

Madagascar iguana ( Oplurus quadrimaculatus Duméril , 1851)
Madagascar brown rock iguana ( Oplurus saxicola grandidier , 1869)

literature

Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences: A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. 3. Edition. Vences & Glaw, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-929449-03-7 .
Uwe Schlüter: Madagascar iguanas - way of life, care and reproduction . KUS-Verlag, Rheinstetten 2013, ISBN 978-3-9808264-8-8 .
Wolfgang Schmidt, Friedrich Wilhelm Henkel: Iguanas - biology, keeping, breeding. 2nd, updated and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8001-4613-4 .

Web links

Commons : Oplurus - collection of images, videos and audio files

Oplurus in The Reptile Database

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b U. Schlüter: Madagascar iguanas - way of life, care and reproduction. KUS-Verlag, Rheinstetten 2013, ISBN 978-3-9808264-8-8 .

[Schlüter-1] U. Schlüter: Madagascar iguanas - way of life, care and reproduction. KUS-Verlag, Rheinstetten 2013, ISBN 978-3-9808264-8-8 .