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	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 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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