Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. I. Dactyloidae, Hoplocercidae, Iguanidae, Leiosauridae, Polychrotidae, Tropiduridae
Author
Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A.
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Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3983.1.1
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Uracentron azureum azureum
(
Linnaeus, 1758
)
Type-locality.
Africa, corrected by
Etheridge (1968)
to the vicinity of Paramaribo,
Suriname
, and later restricted by
Hoogmoed (1973)
to the confluence of Cottica River and the Perica Creek,
Suriname
.
Pertinent taxonomic references.
Linnaeus (1758)
,
Latreille (1801)
,
Merrem (1820)
,
Kaup (1826)
,
Gray (1831
,
1845
),
Duméril & Bibron (1837)
,
Fitzinger (1843)
,
Schlegel (1858)
,
Boulenger (1885)
,
Cunha
(1961)
,
Etheridge (1968
,
1970f
),
Hoogmoed (1973)
,
Greene (1977)
,
Ávila-Pires (1995)
.
Distribution and habitat.
Uracentron azureum azureum
is endemic to eastern Amazonia, with its western distribution delimited by the Negro River, in northern Amazon, and by the lower Madeira–Tapajós interfluvium, in southern Amazon River (
Fig. 22
). It occurs in
Brazil
,
French Guiana
(
Etheridge 1968
), and
Suriname
(
Hoogmoed 1973
). In
Brazil
it is known from the states of Amapá, Pará, and Amazonas.
Uracentron azureum azureum
is arboreal and diurnal, inhabits primary terra firme forest, patches of forest in savanna area, mangroves, and occasionally secondary forest and perianthropic situations (if near with continuous primary forest), where it is usually found in the canopy of the highest trees (explaining why it is rarely observed), on tree trunks with smooth barks (2–12 meters high), and occasionally on fallen tree trunks, and on rock surfaces (
Beebe 1944
;
Cunha
1961
;
Hoogmoed 1973
;
Martins 1991
;
Ávila-Pires 1995
;
Vitt
et al
. 2008a
).