Higher Taxa | Tropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Stenocercus prionotus CADLE 2001 Stenocercus prionotus — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007 Stenocercus prionotus — VENEGAS et al. 2020 |
Distribution | Peru (Huánuco), Bolivia (Beni)
Type locality: Jardín Botánico de la Universidad Agraria de La Selva, Tingo María, vicinity of Río Huallaga, 9° 18’ S, 75° 59’ W, 670 m elevation, Huánuco, Perú.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: USNM 193683, paratype: ROM |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007.
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Comment | Distribution: Map: see TEIXEIRA et al. 2015: 417. |
Etymology | Named after the Greek adjective prionotos meaning jagged or serrate. The name refers to the strongly serrate vertebral crest of Stenocerucus prionotus, which is the most obvious character distinguishing this species from ist apparent closest relatives, S. caducus. |
References |
- Cadle, J. E. 2001. A new species of lizard related to Stenocercus caducus (Cope) (Squamata: Iguanidae from Peru and Bolivia, with a key to the ‘‘Ophryoessoides Group’’. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 157 (3): 183-222 - 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
- Eversole, C. B., Powell, R. L., Rivas, L. R., & Lizarro, D. E. 2024. Reptile Biodiversity and Vulnerability in Bolivia’s Beni Department: Informing Conservation Priorities in a Neglected Frontier. Diversity, 16(6), 335 - get paper here
- Teixeira, Mauro; Ivan Prates, Carolina Nisa, Nathalia Suzan Camarão Silva-Martins, Christine Strüssmann, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues 2015. Molecular data reveal spatial and temporal patterns of diversification and a cryptic new species of lowland Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 410-423 (2016), doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.010 - get paper here
- Venegas PJ, García-Ayachi LA, Chávez-Arribasplata JC, Chávez G, Wong I, García-Bravo A 2020. Four new species of Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata, Iguania) from the Department of Amazonas in northeastern Peru. Evolutionary Systematics 4(2): 79-108 - get paper here
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