Stenocercus aculeatus

Stenocercus aculeatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia 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 Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Tropiduridae
Genus: Stenocercus
Species:Stenocercus aculeatus

Name

Stenocercus aculeatus (O’Shaughnessy, 1879)

• Syntypes (4): BMNH 1946.8.12.33–36, collected by Mr. A.H. Roff.
• Type locality: “Moyobamba, [Departamento San Martín,] Peru”.

Combinations

• Leiocephalus aculeatus O’Shaughnessy, 1879: 303 [original combination]
• Liocephalus aculeatus — Boulenger, 1885: 167 [subsequent combination]
• Ophryoessoides aculeatus — Etheridge, 1966: 88 [subsequent combination]
• Stenocercus aculeatus — Frost, 1988: 78 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• O’Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1879. Description of new species of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 5, 4(22): 295–303. DOI: 10.1080/00222937908679832 BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 2. Iguanidae, Xenosauridae, Zonuridae, Anguidae, Aniellidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Xantusiidae, Teiidae, Amphisbaenidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 497 pp., 24 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Etheridge, R. 1966. The systematic relationships of West Indian and South American lizards referred to the iguanid genus Leiocephalus. Copeia 1966(1): 79–91. DOI: 10.2307/1440764 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Torres-Carvajal, O. 2000. Ecuadorian Lizards of the Genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Scientific Papers. Natural History Museum, the University of Kansas 15: 1–38. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Stenocercus aculeatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 June 2018.
• Yánez-Muñoz, M., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Brito, J. 2017. IUCN: Stenocercus aculeatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T178414A48674303. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178414A48674303.en