Abstract

SANCHES, Patrick Ribeiro; SANTOS, Fillipe Pedroso Dos  and  CAMPOS, Carlos Eduardo Costa. First Record of leucism in Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825) (Squamata: Tropiduridae) in north Brazil, Eastern Amazon. Acta Zool. Mex [online]. 2019, vol.35, e3502202.  Epub Nov 29, 2019. ISSN 2448-8445.  https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2019.3502202.

In vertebrates leucism does not occur frequently in nature but has been recorded in amphibians and reptiles. Herein we report the first record of leucism in Tropidurus hispidus from north Brazil, Eastern Amazon. During fieldwork in an amphibian and reptile assessment, we photographed on a rocky surface and leaf litter an individual T. hispidus with leucism.

Keywords : Coloration patterns; Lizard; Leucism.