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Stenocercus

{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}

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| name = Stenocercus

| image = Stenocercus crassicaudatus (1).JPG

| image_alt = Stenocercus crassicaudatus (spiny whorltail iguana) at Machu Picchu

| image_caption = Stenocercus crassicaudatus (spiny whorltail iguana) at Machu Picchu.

| taxon = Stenocercus

| authority = A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837"Stenocercus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.

| type_species = Iguana pectinata

| type_species_authority = A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 80, see text

| synonyms = *Brachysaurus

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Stenocercus is a genus of South American lizards, commonly called whorltail iguanas, of the family Tropiduridae. This genus has 80 valid described species.{{Cite journal|last1=Venegas|first1=Pablo J.|last2=García-Ayachi|first2=Luis A.|last3=Chávez-Arribasplata|first3=Juan C.|last4=Chávez|first4=Germán|last5=Wong|first5=Iván|last6=García-Bravo|first6=Antonio|date=2020-11-18|title=Four new species of Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata, Iguania) from the Department of Amazonas in northeastern Peru|url=https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/57578/|journal=Evolutionary Systematics|volume=4|issue=2|pages=79–108|doi=10.3897/evolsyst.4.57578|issn=2535-0730|doi-access=free}}

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.[http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Stenocercus&exact%5B0%5D=genus&submit=Search Stenocercus]. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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

Gallery

Stenocercus ornatissimus "Lagartija de Montaña", San Jerónimo de Surco, Huarochiri, Lima, Perú.JPG | S. ornatissimus, San Jerónimo de Surco, Huarochiri, Lima, Peru

Spiny Whorltail Iguana, Machu Picchu.jpg|S. crassicaudatus, spiny whorltail iguana, Machu Picchu, Peru

References

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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". 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).

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Category:Stenocercus

Category:Lizard genera

Category:Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril

Category:Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot