Stenocercus

Stenocercus
Stenocercus crassicaudatus (spiny whorltail iguana) at Machu Picchu
Stenocercus crassicaudatus (spiny whorltail iguana) at Machu Picchu.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Stenocercus
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
Type species
Iguana pectinata
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
Species

80, see text

Synonyms
  • Brachysaurus

Stenocercus is a genus of South American lizards, commonly called whorltail iguanas, of the family Tropiduridae. This genus has 80 valid described species.

Geographic range

The greatest species richness is in Ecuador and Peru, but members of the genus Stenocercus are also found in Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina.

Species

The following 80 species are recognized, listed alphabetically by scientific name.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Stenocercus.

References

  1. ↑ "Stenocercus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. 1 2 3 Stenocercus. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 1 2 Venegas, Pablo J.; García-Ayachi, Luis A.; Chávez-Arribasplata, Juan C.; Chávez, Germán; Wong, Iván; García-Bravo, Antonio (2020-11-18). "Four new species of Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata, Iguania) from the Department of Amazonas in northeastern Peru". Evolutionary Systematics. 4 (2): 79–108. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.4.57578. ISSN 2535-0730.
  4. ↑ Venegas PJ, Echevarria LY, Alvarez SC (2014). "A new species of spiny-tailed iguanid lizard (Iguania: Stenocercus) from northwestern Peru". Zootaxa 3753 (1): 47-58.
  5. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Stenocercus haenschi, p. 113).
  6. ↑ Mendoza, Alejandro; Ramírez, César; Barrera, Diego; Aguilar-Puntriano, César (2021). "A New Species of the Genus Stenocercus (Iguania: Tropiduridae) from the Peruvian Pacific Coast (Ica Region)". Salamandra 57 (1): 1-14.

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