Stenocercus limitaris CADLE, 1998

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Higher Taxa	Tropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Stenocercus limitaris CADLE 1998 Ophryoessoides limitaris Stenocercus limitaris — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2000: 27
Distribution	SW Ecuador (El Oro, Loja), elevation 1000-1300 m., NW Peru Type locality: Alamor, 04° 02’ S, 80° 02’ W, 1325 m., Provincia Loja, Ecuador.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: AMNH 22183
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007.
Comment	Sympatric with C. carrioni and S. iridescens.
Etymology	Named after Latin limitaris, that is on the border. [“...Limitaris is Latin meaning “on the border,” referring to the distribution of the species in the borderlands between Ecuador and Peru...”]. (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 Cadle, J. E. 1998. New species of lizards, genus Stenocercus (Iguania: Tropiduridae) from western Ecuador and Peru. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 155 (6): 257-297 - 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 Dioses, J. M. 2025. Diversity and temporal frequency of records of the herpetofauna of the equatorial seasonally dry tropical forest in the rural community of Lucarqui, Piura, northwestern Peru. Nature Environment and Pollution Technology 24(2): D1693 - 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, O. 2005. A new species of Iguanian lizard (Stenocercus) from the Western lowlands of Southern Ecuador and Northern Peru. Herpetologica 61 (1): 78-85 - 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.reptilesofecuador.com/stenocercus.html https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/reptiliaweb/FichaEspecie/Stenocercus… Google images

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