Stenocercus angel TORRES-CARVAJAL, 2000

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Higher Taxa	Tropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Stenocercus angel TORRES-CARVAJAL 2000 Stenocercus angel — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007
Distribution	Ecuador (Carchi) Type locality: 8 km NE El Angel on road to Tulcán, Provincia Carchi, Ecuador (00° 40’ N, 77° 52’ W)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: QCAZ 3733 (Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Unversidad Católica del Ecuador)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007.
Comment	Most closely related to S. guentheri (TORRES-CARVAJAL 2006). Belongs to the clade Boreomegalepis (fide TORRES-CARVAJAL 2006).
Etymology	Named after the Paramo del Angel, where the species was found initially. This paramo is considered to be one of the most humid Ecuadorian paramos, and it includes one of the few populations of Espeletia (Asteraceae) in Ecuador (Coello, 1994); Espeletia is endemic to the northern Andes.
References	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, 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/reptiliaweb/FichaEspecie/Stenocercus%20angel Google images

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