Tropidurus catalanensis

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author1=Scott, N. |author2=Cacciali, P. |author3=Kacoliris, F. |author4=Pelegrin, N. |author5=Carreira, S. |date=2019 |title=Tropidurus catalanensis |volume=2019|page= e.T49845528A49845530|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/49845528/49845530 |access-date=16 December 2021}}

| image = Tropidurus catalanensis-basking.jpg

| taxon = Tropidurus catalanensis

| authority = Gudynas & Skuk, 1983

}}

Tropidurus catalanensis is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae, the neotropical ground lizards.

{{cite journal

| last1 = Kunz

| first1 = Tobias Saraiva

| last2 = Borges-Martins

| first2 = Marcio

| date = June 2013

| title = A new microendemic species of Tropidurus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from southern Brazil and revalidation of Tropidurus catalanensis Gudynas & Skuk, 1983

| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260437603

| journal = Zootaxa

| volume = 3681

| issue = 4

| pages = 413–439

| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.4.6

| pmid = 25232619

}}

Geographic range

It is native to South America, where it can be found in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil.

{{cite journal

| last1 = Maia-Carneiro

| first1 = Thiago

| last2 = Langie-Santos

| first2 = Simone

| last3 = Navas

| first3 = Carlos Arturo

| date = June 2020

| title = Defensive behaviors of Tropidurus catalanensis Gudynas & Skuk, 1983 (Squamata, Tropiduridae)

| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343214800

| journal = Brazilian Journal of Biological Sciences

| volume = 7

| issue = 15

| pages = 39–42

| doi = 10.21472/bjbs(2020)071504

| doi-access= free

}}

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