Stenocercus

Genus of lizards

Stenocercus

Stenocercus crassicaudatus (spiny whorltail iguana) at Machu Picchu.
Scientific 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. crassicaudatus, spiny whorltail iguana, Machu Picchu, Peru.

Taxon identifiers

Stenocercus|

* Wikidata: Q1979598
* Wikispecies: Stenocercus
* ADW: Stenocercus
* BOLD: 168434
* CoL: 7MJ6
* EoL: 35457
* Fossilworks: 136557
* GBIF: 2459733
* iNaturalist: 38999
* IRMNG: 1326112
* ITIS: 208875
* NCBI: 43640
* Open Tree of Life: 647079
* uBio: 212583

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