Stenocercus aculeatus

Stenocercus aculeatus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Tropiduridae
Genus:	Stenocercus
Species:	S. aculeatus
Binomial name
Stenocercus aculeatus (O'Shaughnessy, 1879)
Synonyms
Leiocephalus aculeatus O'Shaughnessy, 1879 Ophryoessoides aculeatus — Etheridge, 1966 Stenocercus aculeatus — Torres-Carvajal, 2000

Stenocercus aculeatus is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is native to northwestern South America.

Geographic range

S. aculeatus is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. aculeatus is forest, at altitudes of 723–1,311 m (2,372–4,301 ft).

Reproduction

S. aculeatus is oviparous.

References

Further reading

• Etheridge R (1966). "The Systematic Relationships of West Indian and South American Lizards Referred to the Iguanid Genus Leiocephalus ". Copeia 1966 (1): 79–91. (Ophryoessoides aculeatus, new combination).
• O'Shaughnessy AWE (1879). "Descriptions of new Species of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fifth Series 4: 295–303. (Leiocephalus aculeatus, new species, p. 303).
• Torres-Carvajal O (2000). "Ecuadorian Lizards of the Genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Tropiduridae)". Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas (15): 1–38. (Stenocercus aculeatus, new combination, pp. 5–9). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).