''Uracentron'' is a genus of
tropidurid lizards found in forests in northern
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
. It contains only two species, which are both arboreal, have a relatively short spiny tail, and mainly feed on ants.
[Avila-Pires (1995). ''Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata).'' Zoologische Verhandelingen 299(1): 1-706]
Species''Uracentron''
The Reptile Database
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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 Venezuel ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – green thornytail iguana
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Uracentron flaviceps
''Uracentron flaviceps'', the tropical thornytail iguana or Amazon thornytail iguana is an elusive species of medium-sized arboreal lizard found in the tropical lowlands of the Amazon Rainforest. The species was described by French zoologist Al ...
'' (Guichenot, 1855) – tropical thornytail iguana
References
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Uracentron
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup