Stenocercus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Tropiduridae
Genus: Stenocercus
Species (80): S. aculeatus – S. albolineatus – S. amydrorhytus – S. angel – S. angulifer – S. apurimacus – S. arndti – S. asenlignus – S. azureus – S. boettgeri – S. bolivarensis – S. cadlei – S. caducus – S. canastra – S. carrioni – S. catherineae – S. chinchaoensis – S. chlorostictus – S. chota – S. chrysopygus – S. crassicaudatus – S. cupreus – S. diploauris – S. doellojuradoi – S. dracopennatus – S. dumerilii – S. empetrus – S. erythrogaster – S. eunetopsis – S. festae – S. fimbriatus – S. flagracanthus – S. formosus – S. frittsi – S. guentheri – S. haenschi – S. huancabambae – S. humeralis – S. ica – S. imitator – S. iridescens – S. ivitus – S. johaberfellneri – S. lache – S. latebrosus – S. leybachi – S. limitaris – S. marmoratus – S. melanopygus – S. modestus – S. nigrobarbatus – S. nigrocaudatus – S. nigromaculatus – S. nubicola – S. ochoai – S. omari – S. orientalis – S. ornatissimus – S. ornatus – S. pectinatus – S. percultus – S. philmayi – S. praeornatus – S. prionotus – S. puyango – S. qalaywasi – S. quinarius – S. rhodomelas – S. roseiventris – S. santander – S. scapularis – S. simonsii – S. sinesaccus – S. squarrosus – S. stigmosus – S. torquatus – S. trachycephalus – S. tricristatus – S. variabilis – S. varius

Name

Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837: 349

Type species: Stenocercus roseiventris Duméril & Bibron, 1837, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1837. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome Quatrième (In French). Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. ii + 572 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Torres-Carvajal, O., Lehr, E. & Lundberg, M. 2005. Resurrection of Stenocercus torquatus Boulenger, a spiny-tailed iguanid lizard (Squamata: Iguania) from Peru. Herpetologica 61(4): 440–448. DOI: 10.1655/05-15.1 Reference page.
Nogueira, C. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2006. The Genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) in Extra-Amazonian Brazil, With the Description of Two New Species. South American Journal of Herpetology 1(3): 149–165. DOI: 10.2994/1808-9798(2006)1[149:TGSSTI]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.
Torres-Carvajal, O., Schulte II, J.A. & Cadle, J.E. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of South American lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania): A new approach using a general mixture model for gene sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39(1): 171–185. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.09.007 Reference page.
Torres-Carvajal, O. & Mafla-Endara, P. 2013. Evolutionary history of Andean Pholidobolus and Macropholidus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(2): 212–217. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.013 Reference page.
Torres-Carvajal, O. & Mafla-Endara, P. 2013. A New Cryptic Species of Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguanidae) from the Andes of Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 47(1): 184–190. DOI: 10.1670/11-211 Reference page.
Venegas, P.J., Duran, V. & García-Burneo, K. 2013. A new species of arboreal iguanid lizard, genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania), from central Peru. Zootaxa 3609(3): 291–301. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.3.3 Reference page.
Venegas, P.J., Echevarría, L.Y. & Álvarez, S.C. 2014. A new species of spiny-tailed iguanid lizard (Iguania: Stenocercus) from northwestern Peru. Zootaxa 3753(1): 47–58. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.1.4 Reference page.
Köhler, G. & Lehr, E. 2015. Two new species of lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Iguania, Tropiduridae) from central Peru. Zootaxa 3956(3): 413–427. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.3.6 Reference page.
Teixeira Jr., M., Prates, I., Nisa, C., Silva-Martins, N.S.C., Strüssmann, C. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2016. Molecular data reveal spatial and temporal patterns of diversification and a cryptic new species of lowland Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94(part A): 410–423. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.010 Reference page.
Venegas, P.J., Echevarría, L.Y., García-Burneo, K. & Koch, C. 2016. A new species of iguanid lizard, genus Stenocercus (Squamata, Iguania), from the Central Andes in Peru. Zootaxa 4205(1): 52–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.1.4 Reference page.
Ávila-Pires, T.C., Nogueira, C. de C. & Martins, M. 2019. A new 'horned' Stenocercus from the highlands of southeastern Brazil, and redescription of Stenocercus tricristatus (Reptilia: Tropiduridae). Zoologia 36: e22909. DOI: 10.3897/zoologia.36.e22909 Reference page.
Venegas, P.J., García-Ayachi, L.A., Chávez-Arribasplata, J.C., Chávez, G., Wong, I., Garcia-Bravo, A. 2020. 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 Reference page.
Venegas, P.J., Echevarría, L.Y., García-Ayachi, L.A. & Landauro, C.Z. 2020. Two new sympatric species of Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania) from the inter-Andean valley of the Mantaro River, Peru. Zootaxa 4858(4): 555–575. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.4.5 Reference page.
Mendoza, A., Ramírez, C., Barrera, D. & Aguilar-Puntriano, C. 2021. A new species of the genus Stenocercus (Iguania: Tropiduridae) from the Peruvian Pacific coast (Ica region). Salamandra 57(1): 1–14. PDF Reference page.
Venegas, P.J., García-Ayachi, L.A., Chávez-Arribasplata, J.C. & García-Bravo, A. 2022. Four new species of polychromatic spiny-tailed iguanian lizards, genus Stenocercus (Iguania: Tropiduridae), from Peru. Zootaxa 5115(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.1.1 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Stenocercus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 April 2022.