Stenocercus
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| Stenocercus crassicaudatus (spiny whorltail iguana) at Machu Picchu. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Tropiduridae |
| Genus: | Stenocercus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837[1] |
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Stenocercus is a genus of South American lizards, commonly called whorltail iguanas, of the family Tropiduridae. This genus has 68 valid described species.[2]
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.[2]
Species
The following 68 species are recognized, listed alphabetically by scientific name.[2]
- Stenocercus aculeatus (O’Shaughnessy, 1879)
- Stenocercus albolineatus Teixeira, Prates, Nisa, Silva-Martins, Strüssmann, & Rodrigues, 2015
- Stenocercus amydrorhytus Köhler & Lehr, 2015
- Stenocercus angel Torres-Carvajal, 2000
- Stenocercus angulifer (F. Werner, 1901)
- Stenocercus apurimacus Fritts, 1972 – Fritts' whorltail iguana
- Stenocercus arndti Venegas et al., 2014[3]
- Stenocercus azureus (F. Müller, 1880)
- Stenocercus boettgeri Boulenger, 1911 – Böttger's whorltail iguana
- Stenocercus bolivarensis Castro & Ayala, 1982 – Bolivar whorltail iguana
- Stenocercus caducus (Cope, 1862)
- Stenocercus canastra Avila-Pires, Nogueira, & Martins, 2019
- Stenocercus carrioni Parker, 1934 – Parker's whorltail iguana
- Stenocercus chinchaoensis (2015)
- 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 doellojuradoi (Freiberg, 1944)
- 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 formosus (Boulenger, 1880)
- Stenocercus frittsi Torres-Carvajal, 2005
- Stenocercus guentheri (Boulenger, 1885) – Günther's whorltail iguana
- Stenocercus haenschi (F. Werner, 1901) – Haensch's whorltail iguana[4]
- Stenocercus huancabambae Cadle, 1991
- Stenocercus humeralis (Günther, 1859) – patterned whorltail iguana
- Stenocercus imitator Cadle, 1991
- Stenocercus iridescens (Günther, 1859)
- Stenocercus ivitus Fritts, 1972 – ivy whorltail iguana
- Stenocercus johaberfellneri Köhler & Lehr, 2015
- Stenocercus lache Corredor, 1983
- Stenocercus latebrosus Cadle, 1998
- 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 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-Bueneo, & 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 praeornatus Fritts, 1972 – greater ornate whorltail iguana
- Stenocercus prionotus Cadle, 2001
- Stenocercus puyango Torres-Carvajal, 2005
- 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
- ^ "Stenocercus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ a b c Stenocercus. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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).
Further reading
- 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". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 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
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S. crassicaudatus, spiny whorltail iguana, Machu Picchu, Peru.
