Stenocercus formosus

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 formosus

Name

Stenocercus formosus (Tschudi, 1845)

• Lectotype: MHNN 2266, collected by J.J. Tschudi between 1838–1842. [designated by Ortiz (1989: 51)]
• Type locality: “Long tot. 4′7″”, specified as “in den Montanas des mittlem Peru; die erstere am Tullumayo” in Tschudi (1846: 28).

Combinations

• Scelotrema formosum Tschudi, 1845: 155 [original combination]
• Ophryoessoides formosus — Etheridge, 1966: 88 [subsequent combination]
• Stenocercus formosus — Fritts, 1974: 51 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Peru: Junín and Pasco regions.

References

Primary references

• Tschudi J.J. von 1845. Reptilium conspectum quae in republica Peruana reperiuntur er pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itenere. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11(1): 150–170. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Carvalho, A.L.G. 2021. Resolving the obscure identity of Steironotus arenarius Tschudi, 1845 and Tropidurus tschudii Roux, 1907 (Squamata: Tropiduridae). South American Journal of Herpetology 19(1): 40–53. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00094.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Stenocercus formosus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 November 2019.
• Perez, J., Lehr, E. & Venegas, P. 2019. IUCN: Stenocercus formosus  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T48616811A48616898. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T48616811A48616898.en

Vernacular names

English: Formosa Whorltail Iguana