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''Stenocercus'' is a
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of South American
lizard Lizard is the common name used for all Squamata, squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most Island#Oceanic isla ...
s, commonly called whorltail iguanas, of the
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Tropiduridae The Tropiduridae are a family of iguanid lizards."Tropiduridae". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. The family is sometimes considered a subfamily, Tropidurinae. The subfamily is native to South America, including the islands of Tri ...
. This genus has 80 valid described
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Geographic range

The greatest
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is in
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, but members of the genus ''Stenocercus'' are also found in
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, and northern
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Species

The following 80 species are recognized, listed alphabetically by scientific name.''Stenocercus''
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Stenocercus aculeatus ''Stenocercus aculeatus'' is a species of lizard in the family (biology), family Tropiduridae. The species is native to northwestern South America. www.reptile-database.org. Geographic range ''S. aculeatus'' is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Pe ...
'' ( O’Shaughnessy, 1879) *'' Stenocercus albolineatus''
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, 2015
*'' Stenocercus amydrorhytus'' G. Köhler & Lehr, 2015 *'' Stenocercus angel'' Torres-Carvajal, 2000 *'' Stenocercus angulifer'' (
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, 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 ''Stenocercus azureus'' is a species of lizard of the family Tropiduridae. It is found in Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area ...
'' ( F. Müller, 1880) *'' Stenocercus boettgeri''
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Boettger's whorltail iguana *'' Stenocercus bolivarensis'' Castro & Ayala, 1982 – Bolivar whorltail iguana *'' Stenocercus cadlei'' Torres-Carvajal & Mafla-Endara, 2013 *''
Stenocercus caducus ''Stenocercus caducus'' is a species of lizard of the family Tropiduridae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It cove ...
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, 1862)
*'' Stenocercus canastra'' Ávila-Pires, Nogueira & Martins, 2019 *'' Stenocercus carrioni''
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, 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'' (
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*'' Stenocercus dracopennatus'' *''
Stenocercus dumerilii ''Stenocercus dumerilii'' is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is endemic to Brazil. Etymology The specific name, ''dumerilii'', is in honor of French herpetologist André Marie Constant Duméril. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, ...
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, 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 ''Stenocercus fimbriatus'', the western leaf lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. It is found in the eastern Amazon Basin in Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia. ''Stenocercus fimbriatus'' has cryptic coloration that gives it resemb ...
'' 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'' 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. *'' 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'' (
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*'' 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''
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– black-spotted whorltail iguana *'' Stenocercus nubicola'' Fritts, 1972 – cloud whorltail iguana *'' Stenocercus ochoai'' Fritts, 1972 – Ochoa whorltail iguana *'' Stenocercus omari'' Venegas, Echevarría, García-Burneo &
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*'' Stenocercus orientalis'' Fritts, 1972 – eastern whorltail iguana *'' Stenocercus ornatissimus'' ( Girard, 1857) – lesser ornate whorltail iguana *'' Stenocercus ornatus'' (
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, 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 ''Stenocercus roseiventris'', the rose whorltail iguana, is a species of lizard of the family Tropiduridae. It is found in Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, and Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in ...
'' 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 ''Stenocercus trachycephalus'', Duméril's whorltail iguana, is a species of lizard of the family Tropiduridae. It is found in Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with I ...
'' ( 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 ''
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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,
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, Peru Spiny Whorltail Iguana, Machu Picchu.jpg, ''S. crassicaudatus'', spiny whorltail iguana,
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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. or ''erratum'' see Cadle JE (1993). ''Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia'' 144: 345 * Duméril AMC,
Bibron G Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a French zoologist and herpetologist. He was born in Paris. The son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was hire ...
(1837). ''Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome quatrième'' olume 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). {{Authority control Stenocercus Lizard genera Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron Taxonomy articles created by Polbot