Stenocercus

Stenocercus is a genus of South American lizards, commonly called whorltail iguanas, of the family Tropiduridae. This genus has 80 valid described species.

Stenocercus is a genus of South American lizards, commonly called whorltail iguanas, of the family Tropiduridae. This genus has 80 valid described species. ==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. 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 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 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 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 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 Stenocercus huancabambae Cadle, 1991 Stenocercus humeralis (Günther, 1859) – patterned whorltail iguana Stenocercus ica 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 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. ==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== ==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. . (Genus Stenocercus, p. 291).

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