Stenocercus guentheri

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 guentheri

Name

Stenocercus guentheri (Boulenger, 1885)

• Syntypes (10): BMNH 58.7.25.16-18; 59.9.20.6; 60.6.16.18-21; 71.2.7.7-10; 71.4.16.53; 80.12.8.53.
• Type locality: “Guayaquil [Provincia Guayas, Ecuador], Sarayacu [Provincia Pastaza] Ecuador, Western Ecuador, and Colombia”, restricted to “San Antonio de Pichincha, 2500 m, Provincia Pichincha”, by Fritts (1974: 54).

Combinations

• Liocephalus guentheri Boulenger, 1885: 169 [original combination]
• Ophryoessoides guentheri — Etheridge, 1966: 88 [subsequent combination]
• Stenocercus guentheri — Fritts, 1974: 54 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• 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. 

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 guentheri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 October 2020.
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Yánez-Muñoz, M., Brito, J. & Reyes-Puig, C. 2017. IUCN: Stenocercus guentheri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44579900A44579911. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44579900A44579911.en

Vernacular names

English: Günther's Whorltail Iguana