Tropidosaura gularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Tropidosaura
Species:
T. gularis
Binomial name
Tropidosaura gularis
Hewitt, 1927

Tropidosaura gularis, also known commonly as the Cape mountain lizard and the yellow-striped mountain lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. gularis is shrubland.[1]

Description

Adults of T. gularis have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5–6 cm (2.0–2.4 in).[3]

Diet

T. gularis is insectivorous, preying predominantly on bees and flies.[3]

Reproduction

T. gularis is oviparous.[2] An adult female may lay a clutch of 4–8 eggs, each of which measures on average 11.5 x 7.5 mm (0.45 x 0.30 in).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Tolley, K.A.; Turner, A.A. (2018). "Tropidosaura gularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T197008A115665441. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T197008A115665441.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Tropidosaura gularis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Tropidosaura gularis, pp. 175–176 + Plate 62).

Further reading

  • FitzSimons VF (1943). The Lizards of South Africa. Pretoria: Transvaal Museum. xvi + 528 pp. (Tropidosaura gularis, p. 304).
  • Hewitt J (1927). "Further descriptions of reptiles and batrachians from South Africa". Records of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown 3 (5): 371–415. (Tropidosaura gularis, new species, p. 387).



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