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    Stenocercus

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    Stenocercus
    Stenocercus crassicaudatus (spiny whorltail iguana) at Machu Picchu
    Stenocercus crassicaudatus (spiny whorltail iguana) at Machu Picchu.
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Reptilia
    Order: Squamata
    Suborder: Iguania
    Family: Tropiduridae
    Genus: Stenocercus
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837[1]
    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.[2][3]

    Geographic range[edit]

    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.[2]

    Species[edit]

    The following 80 species are recognized, listed alphabetically by scientific name.[2][3]

    • Stenocercus aculeatus (O’Shaughnessy, 1879)
    • Stenocercus albolineatus Teixeira, Prates, Nisa, Silva-Martins, Strüssmann & Rodrigues, 2015
    • Stenocercus amydrorhytus G. Köhler & Lehr, 2015
    • Stenocercus angel Torres-Carvajal, 2000
    • Stenocercus angulifer (F. Werner, 1901)
    • Stenocercus apurimacus Fritts, 1972 – Fritts's whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus arndti Venegas, Echevarria & Alvarez, 2014[4]
    • Stenocercus asenlignus Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata & Garcia-Bravo, 2022
    • Stenocercus azureus (F. Müller, 1880)
    • Stenocercus boettgeri Boulenger, 1911 – Boettger's whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus bolivarensis Castro & Ayala, 1982 – Bolivar whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus cadlei Torres-Carvajal & Mafla-Endara, 2013
    • Stenocercus caducus (Cope, 1862)
    • Stenocercus canastra Ávila-Pires, Nogueira & Martins, 2019
    • Stenocercus carrioni Parker, 1934 – Parker's whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus catherineae Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & Garcia-Bravo, 2020
    • Stenocercus chinchaoensis Venegas, Duran & García-Burneo, 2013
    • Stenocercus chlorostictus Cadle, 1991
    • Stenocercus chota Torres-Carvajal, 2000
    • Stenocercus chrysopygus Boulenger, 1900 – golden whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus crassicaudatus (Tschudi, 1845) – spiny whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus cupreus Boulenger, 1885 – copper whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus diploauris Venegas, Echevarria, García-Ayachi & Landauro, 2020
    • Stenocercus doellojuradoi (Freiberg, 1944)
    • Stenocercus dracopennatus Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & Garcia-Bravo, 2020
    • Stenocercus dumerilii (Steindachner, 1867)
    • Stenocercus empetrus Fritts, 1972 – rock whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus erythrogaster (Hallowell, 1856)
    • Stenocercus eunetopsis Cadle, 1991
    • Stenocercus festae (Peracca, 1897) – Peracca's whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus fimbriatus Ávila-Pires, 1995 – western leaf lizard
    • Stenocercus flagracanthus Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & Garcia-Bravo, 2020
    • Stenocercus formosus (Tschudi, 1845)
    • Stenocercus frittsi Torres-Carvajal, 2005
    • Stenocercus guentheri (Boulenger, 1885) – Günther's whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus haenschi (F. Werner, 1901) – Haensch's whorltail iguana[5]
    • Stenocercus huancabambae Cadle, 1991
    • Stenocercus humeralis (Günther, 1859) – patterned whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus ica Mendoza, Ramírez, Barrera & Aguilar-Puntriano, 2021[6]
    • Stenocercus imitator Cadle, 1991
    • Stenocercus iridescens (Günther, 1859)
    • Stenocercus ivitus Fritts, 1972 – ivy whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus johaberfellneri G. Köhler & Lehr, 2015
    • Stenocercus lache Corredor, 1983
    • Stenocercus latebrosus Cadle, 1998
    • Stenocercus leybachi Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chavez-Arribasplata & Garcia-Bravo, 2022
    • Stenocercus limitaris Cadle, 1998
    • Stenocercus marmoratus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837)
    • Stenocercus melanopygus Boulenger, 1900 – dark whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus modestus (Tschudi, 1845) – modest whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus nigrobarbatus Venegas, Echevarria, García-Ayachi & Landauro, 2020
    • Stenocercus nigrocaudatus Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata & Garcia-Bravo, 2022
    • Stenocercus nigromaculatus Noble, 1924 – black-spotted whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus nubicola Fritts, 1972 – cloud whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus ochoai Fritts, 1972 – Ochoa whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus omari Venegas, Echevarría, García-Burneo & Koch, 2016
    • Stenocercus orientalis Fritts, 1972 – eastern whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus ornatissimus (Girard, 1857) – lesser ornate whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus ornatus (Gray, 1845) – Girard's whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus pectinatus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
    • Stenocercus percultus Cadle, 1991
    • Stenocercus philmayi Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & Garcia-Bravo, 2020
    • Stenocercus praeornatus Fritts, 1972 – greater ornate whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus prionotus Cadle, 2001
    • Stenocercus puyango Torres-Carvajal, 2005
    • Stenocercus qalaywasi Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata & Garcia-Bravo, 2022
    • Stenocercus quinarius Nogueira & Rodrigues, 2006
    • Stenocercus rhodomelas (Boulenger, 1899) – red-black whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus roseiventris D’Orbigny in A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – rose whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus santander Torres-Carvajal, 2007
    • Stenocercus scapularis (Boulenger, 1901)
    • Stenocercus simonsii Boulenger, 1899 – Simons' whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus sinesaccus Torres-Carvajal, 2005
    • Stenocercus squarrosus Nogueira & Rodrigues, 2006
    • Stenocercus stigmosus Cadle, 1998
    • Stenocercus torquatus Boulenger, 1885
    • Stenocercus trachycephalus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – Duméril's whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus tricristatus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)
    • Stenocercus variabilis Boulenger, 1901 – variable whorltail iguana
    • Stenocercus varius Boulenger, 1885 – keeled whorltail iguana

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

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Stenocercus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
    2. ^ a b c Stenocercus. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
    3. ^ a b 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.

    Further reading[edit]

    • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidae, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Stenocercus, p. 131).
    • Cadle JE (1991). "Systematics of lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Iguania: Tropiduridae) from northern Peru. New Species and comments on relationships and distribution patterns". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 143: 1-96. [For erratum see Cadle JE (1993). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 144: 345].
    • Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1837). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome quatrième [Volume 4]. Paris: Roret. ii + 571 pp. (Stenocercus, new genus, pp. 349–350). (in French).
    • Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Stenocercus, p. 291).

    Gallery[edit]

    • S. ornatissimus, San Jerónimo de Surco, Huarochiri, Lima, Perú.
      S. ornatissimus, San Jerónimo de Surco, Huarochiri, Lima, Perú.
    • S. crassicaudatus, spiny whorltail iguana, Machu Picchu, Peru.
      S. crassicaudatus, spiny whorltail iguana, Machu Picchu, Peru.
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