| Higher Taxa | Tropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Patterned Whorltail Iguana |
| Synonym | Microphractus humeralis GÜNTHER 1859: 90
Stenocercus humeralis — BOULENGER 1885: 134
Stenocercus humeralis — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 256
Stenocercus humeralis — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2000: 22
Stenocercus humeralis — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007 |
| Distribution | Ecuador (inter-Andean plateau from valley of Cuenca south; Loja), elevation 2000-3000 m, N Peru
Type locality: Andes of W Ecuador. Restricted to Loja, elevation 2150 m., Povincia Loja, Ecuador, by FRITTS 1974.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.11.76-77 (2) |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007.
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| Comment | Belongs to the clades Scelotrema and Microphractus (fide TORRES-CARVAJAL 2006). |
| Etymology | Named after Latin humeralis, referrred to the humerus. [“...round the shoulder a black band, lighter-edged, interrupted on the vertebral line...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) |
| References |
- Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, L.; Vieira, J. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 pp. - get paper here
- Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
- BRITO-ZAPATA, D., CISNEROS-HEREDIA, D. F., TORRES-CARVAJAL, O., & REYES-PUIG, C. 2026. Biogeographical and ecological patterns of allometric trends in Ecuadorian whorltail-iguanas. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 75(25104) - get paper here
- Carranza, S.; E. N. Arnold & F. Amat 2004. DNA phylogeny of Lacerta (Iberolacerta) and other lacertine lizards (Reptilia: Lacertidae): did competition cause long-term mountain restriction? Systematics and Biodiversity 2 (1): 57-77 - get paper here
- Fritts, Thomas H. 1974. A multivariate evolutionary analysis of the Andean Iguanid lizards of the genus Stenocercus. San Diego Society of Natural History Memoir 7: 1-89 - get paper here
- Günther,A. 1859. List of cold-blooded vertebrata collected by Mr. Fraser in the Andes of Western Ecuador. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1859: 89-93 - get paper here
- Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here
- Torres-Carvajal, Omar 2000. Ecuadorian lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Scientific papers of the Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, (15): 1-38 - get paper here
- Torres-Carvajal, Omar; James A. Schulte II and John E. Cadle 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of South American lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania): A new approach using a general mixture model for gene sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (1): 171-185 - get paper here
- Venegas, P.J.; Echevarría, L.Y.; Alvarez, S.C. & Vásquez, D. 2010. Reptilia, Squamata, Iguanidae, Stenocercus humeralis Gunther, 1859: First country record, Peru. Check List 6 (2): 250-252 - get paper here
- VENEGAS, PABLO J.; VILMA DURAN & KARLA GARCIA-BURNEO 2013. A new species of arboreal iguanid lizard, genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania), from central Peru. Zootaxa 3609 (3): 291–301 - get paper here
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