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Stenocercus

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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.[2][3]

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

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

References

  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.
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Stenocercus: Brief Summary

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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.

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