Stenocercus puyango TORRES-CARVAJAL, 2005

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Higher Taxa	Tropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Stenocercus puyango TORRES-CARVAJAL 2005 Stenocercus puyango — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007
Distribution	SW Ecuador (El Oro, Loja), N Peru Type locality: 03° 53’ S, 80° 04’ W, 300 m. elevation, Provincia El Oro, Ecuador.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: QCAZ 6723
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007.
Comment	Sympatric with S. limitaris in the Departamentos Tumbes. Belongs to the clade Boreomegalepis (fide TORRES-CARVAJAL 2006).
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, L.; Vieira, J. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 pp. - 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; 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.reptilesofecuador.com/stenocercus.html https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/reptiliaweb/FichaEspecie/Stenocercus%20puyango Google images

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