Uracentron azureum
| Green Thornytail Iguana |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Reptilia |
| Order: |
Squamata |
| Family: |
Tropiduridae |
| Genus: |
Uracentron |
| Species: |
U. azureum
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Binomial name |
Uracentron azureum
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| Synonyms |
- Lacerta azurea LINNAEUS 1758: 202
- Stellio brevicaudatus LATREILLE 1802: 29
- Stellio azureus - LATREILLE 1802
- Uromastyx azurea - MERREM 1820
- Uracentron azureum - KAUP 1826: 88
- Doryphorus [sp. ?] - CUVIER 1829
- Urocentron azurea - WAGLER 1830
- Uranocentron [sp. ?] - GRAY 1831
- Doryphorus azureus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 371
- Uranocentrum [sp. ?] - O'SHAUGHNESSY 1881
Uracentron azureum - BOULENGER 1885: 182
- Hoplurus azureus - SCHLEGEL 1858
- Tropidurus azureum - FROST 1992
- Uracentron azureum guentheri BOULENGER 1894
- Uracentron guentheri BOULENGER 1894: 729
- Uracentron azureum werneri MERTENS 1925
- Uracentron werneri MERTENS 1925: 75
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The Green Thornytail Iguana (Uracentron azureum) is an elusive species of medium sized arboreal lizard found in Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.[1]
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