#1777 · 🦎 reptiles
Amazon Lava Lizard
Tropidurus torquatus
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © pedrohenriquetunes · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Peter Chen 2.0 · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © João Menezes · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © Cláudio Dias Timm · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. © Cláudio Dias Timm · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. © MárcioMarquesDePaula · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Henrique Carvalho Quintana · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © amwendt · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Pia's birdseye view · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Cláudio Dias Timm · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
what is it?
Tropidurus torquatus is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae, the Neotropical ground lizards. Its common name is Amazon lava lizard .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,249 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied in 1820 (206 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Amazon Lava Lizard
- scientific name
- Tropidurus torquatus
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Tropiduridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 5,249
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1820 by Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Tropiduridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 38961, Wikidata Q3540759, GBIF 5224858, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.