Stenocercus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Toxicofera
Subordo: Iguania
Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Tropiduridae
Genus: Stenocercus
Species (69): S. aculeatus – S. albolineatus – S. amydrorhytus – S. angel – S. angulifer – S. apurimacus – S. arndti – 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. 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. imitator – S. iridescens – S. ivitus – S. johaberfellneri – S. lache – S. latebrosus – S. limitaris – S. marmoratus – S. melanopygus – S. modestus – 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. 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

Venegas, P.J.; Duran, V.; Garcia-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.; Echevarria, L.Y.; Alvarez, 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. Preview (PDF). 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 Open access Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Stenocercus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 October 2020.

Stenocercus is a genus of South American lizards, commonly called whorltail iguanas, of the family Tropiduridae. This genus has 75 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 75 species are recognized, listed alphabetically by scientific name.[2][3]

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' whorltail iguana
Stenocercus arndti Venegas, Echevarria & Alvarez, 2014[4]
Stenocercus azureus (F. Müller, 1880)
Stenocercus boettgeri Boulenger, 1911 – Boettger's whorltail iguana
Stenocercus bolivarensis Castro & Ayala, 1982 – Bolivar whorltail iguana
Stenocercus caducus (Cope, 1862)
Stenocercus canastra Ávila-Pires, Nogueira & Martins, 2019
Stenocercus carrioni Parker, 1934 – Parker's whorltail iguana
Stenocercus catherineae Venegas, Garcia-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & Garcia-Bravo, 2020
Stenocercus chinchaoensis Venegas, Duran & Garcia-Burneo, 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 diploauris Venegas, Echevarria, Garcia-Ayachi & Landauro, 2020
Stenocercus doellojuradoi (Freiberg, 1944)
Stenocercus dracopennatus Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & Garcia-Bravo, 2020
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 Venegas, Garcia-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & Garcia-Bravo, 2020
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[5]
Stenocercus huancabambae Cadle, 1991
Stenocercus humeralis (Günther, 1859) – patterned whorltail iguana
Stenocercus ica Mendoza, Ramírez, Barrera & Aguilar-Puntriano, 2021[6]
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 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, Garcia-Ayachi & Landauro, 2020
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 Venegas, Garcia-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & Garcia-Bravo, 2020
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.
Stenocercus. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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.
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).

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.

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).